Starting/Stopping Squore

Linux

To start and stop Squore on Linux environments, use the sqctl launcher as follows:

<SQUORE_HOME>/bin/sqctl start|stop|restart|status

See the sqctl(1) manpage for more details about the available options.

Windows

If you installed Squore as a Windows service, you can start and stop Squore from the Windows Services Manager console.

  1. Open the Services Manager console:

    • Either from the Control Panel, in the System and Security > Windows Tools section, then Services.

    • Or by typing "services" in the Windows start bar, then Run as administrator.

  2. Find the Squore service and select the start or stop command

If you did not install Squore as a Windows service, you can use the start and stop scripts in <SQUORE_HOME>\bin folder, where:

  • start-db.bat starts the database.

  • start.bat starts the database and the web server.

  • stop-db.bat stops the database.

  • stop.bat stops the database and the web server.

Using the start and stop scripts will fall back to using the service if Squore was installed as a Windows service.

First Login

After starting Squore, you can access the login page by typing the following address in a web browser: http://localhost:8180

Squore ships with two built-in users that you can use to log in:

  • admin (password: admin) is the admin account you can use to configure the system.

  • demo (password: demo) is the regular account to use to rate projects and discover the rest of the functionality in Squore.