Server Management

Server Management on Windows

Start, Stop or Restart Validation Responder

You can determine if the Validation Responder server is running by selecting Start → Settings → Control Panel, then open Administrative Tools and Services; verify that ActivID Validation Responder service is started.

  • To start the Validation Responder service, select the ActivID Validation Responder service and click Start.

  • To stop the Validation Responder service, select the ActivID Validation Responder service and click Stop.

  • To restart the Validation Responder service, select the ActivID Validation Responder service and click Restart

Configure Validation Responder for Automatic Start-Up and Shut Down

Following installation, the Validation Responder service is configured to start automatically on server restart.

If, for any reason, you must restore the configuration to allow the service to start automatically on system restart, open the Services control panel.

1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

2. Select the ActivID Validation Responder service and right-click to launch Properties.

3. From the drop-down list, set the Startup type to Automatic.

4. Click Apply and OK.

Server Management on Linux

Start Validation Responder

To start Validation Responder, open a command shell and change directories to the Validation Responder home directory (by default, /opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder).

Run the following command:

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.opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder/bin/server.sh start

In some Linux configurations, the Validation Responder server process terminates after the operator who started the process logs out. In this case, the Validation Responder server process must be run as a background process. Start the Validation Responder server process as follows:

  1. Type the following commands:

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    csh

    unsetenv DISPLAY

    .opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder/bin/server.sh run

  2. Enter CTRL-Z to return to the command prompt.

  3. Type the command:

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    bg

  4. Log out of the operator account.

Stop or Restart Validation Responder

To stop Validation Responder, open a command shell and change directories to the Validation Authority home directory (by default, /opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder). Run the following command:

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> .opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder/bin/server.sh stop

To restart Validation Responder, run the following command:

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> .opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder/bin/server.sh restart

Configure Validation Responder for Automatic Start-Up and Shut Down

On Linux servers, you must create script files to start up Validation Responder to start automatically on server restart and stop Validation Responder as part of the server shut down.

The following steps apply if you installed Validation Responder as root.

If you installed as a different user, you must adapt the steps accordingly. The steps also assume that you installed Validation Responder in the default directory.

  1. Create a script file named “responder” with the following content, and place it in /etc/init.d:

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    #!/bin/sh

    # description: Starting validation responder at boot time.

    # chkconfig: 35 95 95

    /opt/hidglobal/validation_responder/responder/bin/server.sh  $1

  2. Change the file permission:

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    cd /etc/init.d

    chmod a+x responder     

  3. Run the following command to configure responder to auto-run on system startup:

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    chkconfig --add responder