Launch Astra in Console

If your system does not have systemd you may launch process manually:

astra -c /etc/astra/astra.conf -p 8000

Process will be launched in the foreground and your console will be taken by process until it finish. To stop process just press Ctrl+C on your keyboard.

• -c: path to the configuration file.
• -p: port for the Astra Web Interface.

Launch in background

To launching process in background append option --daemon after the command line:

astra -c /etc/astra/astra.conf -p 8000 --daemon

Kill process

Process will be launched in the background and console will be returned to your control immediately. To stop process you may launch command:

killall astra

Path to license file

By default, Astra will look for the license file in the /etc/astra/license.txt path. If you have your license file in a different location, you can specify it using the --license option when launching Astra.

astra -c /etc/astra/astra.conf -p 8000 --license /path/to/license.txt