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Note: Working directories get created relative to the current directory. For the working directories to be created in the proper place, Karaf must be launched from its home/installation directory.

It will start a Karaf console, allowing you to administrate your Karaf instance.

You can launch Karaf in server mode (without terminal output):

bin\start.bat

On Unix

From a command shell, change to the installation directory and run Karaf. For the binary distribution, go to

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Then type:

bin/karaf.sh

Testing the Installation and connecting to a running Karaf

If Karaf is up and running without problems, the Window's console window or the Unix command shell will display something similar to the following log line:

You can use the client mode to connect to a running Karaf:
On Windows:

bin\client.bat

On Unix:

bin/client

Stopping Karaf

For both Windows and Unix installations, you can perform a clean shutdown of Karaf by using the following command:

osgi:shutdown

If Karaf was started in the background on Unix, the process can be killed, with the followingYou can use the stop script too:
On Windows:

ps -ef | grep karaf
kill [PID]
 where [PID] is the process id of the Karaf process.bin\stop.bat

On Unix:

bin/stop

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