You may need to start DTP services after a new installation, migration, or upgrade. In this section:

Starting DTP Services on Windows

You can easily use the Windows Start menu to start and stop DTP services:

1. Click Start and right-click Parasoft> DTP> Start DTP Server.
2. Choose Run as administrator from the contextual menu.
   
   
3. Press any key to proceed when prompted.
   
   
4. Repeat the process to start Data Collector and DTP Enterprise Pack, if applicable.
   

You can also use Windows Services to start and stop DTP services, as well as change startup from automatic to manual.

See the documentation for your version of Windows for details.

Starting DTP Services on Linux

There are a few ways you can start DTP and its related services:

• Use the dtpconsole.sh script
• Use the automation scripts
• Use the systemd services

Using the Console Script

In addition to starting and stopping DTP and its related services, the dtpconsole.sh script provides interactive management capabilities, such as configuring database connections. 

1. Run the DTP Configuration Manager after the installation completes: 
   DTP_HOME/bin/dtpconsole.sh
   The DTP main menu is displayed:

   DTP - Configuration Manager
   Copyright (C) by Parasoft Corporation
   MAIN MENU
   =========
   Options:
     (1) DTP Server (Report Center, License Server)
     (2) Data Collector
     (3) DTP Enterprise Pack
     (4) Status
     (5) Database configuration
     (6) System administration
     (7) Show Machine Id
     (q) Exit to system

2. Choose (1) to enter the DTP Server menu. 

3. Choose (1) to run the service and (q) to return to the menu.
4. Choose (5) to enter the Database configuration menu. 
5. Choose (1) to create a new DTP database. If you are connecting DTP to an existing DTP database, see Connecting to an Existing DTP Database.
6. Choose (1) to create and initialize a new DTP database schema. If you are connecting DTP to an existing DTP database that has not yet been initialized, see Configuring the Database Connection.
7. Choose (1) to create the new database schema for MySQL or (2) for Oracle and press Enter. Default is MySQL.
8. Press Enter when the database is created and initialized to return to the dtpconsole menu.  
9. Choose one of the following options:
10. Choose (2) to enter the Data Collector menu.
11. Choose (1) to run the Data Collector service and (q) to return to the menu
12. Choose (3) to enter the Enterprise Pack menu. 
13. Choose (1) to run the service and (q) to return to the menu. You can only start and stop DTP Enterprise Pack through the DTP console interface. Additional administration commands for Enterprise Pack applications are available in the dedicated dtpservices.sh in the [DTP_INSTALL]/dtpservices/ directory. See Getting Started with Enterprise Pack. 

14. See Opening and Licensing DTP to begin using DTP.

Using the Automation Scripts

After the initial startup and configuration, you can start DTP applications using the dedicated scripts. The scripts are non-interactive and suitable for starting and stopping DTP services in automated environments. Please note that automation scripts are not compatible with crontab functionality.  If you are using crontab functionality, use the dtpconsole.sh script to start and stop DTP.

DTP Server

Use the dtp.sh script located in the <DTP_INSTALL>/bin directory. You can specify the following commands:

Data Collector

Use the datacollector.sh script located in the <DTP_INSTALL>/bin directory. You can specify the following commands:

DTP Enterprise Pack

Use the dtpservices.sh script located in the <DTP_INSTALL>/dtpservices directory. You can specify the following commands:

Using systemd Services

As alternative to using the dtpconsole.sh script, the automation scripts, or crontab to manage DTP, it is possible to configure custom systemd services on Linux systems that support systemd. Before doing this, ensure that the DTP services are not running. Please note that these systemd services are not compatible with crontab functionality. If you are using crontab functionality, use the dtpconsole.sh script to start and stop DTP.

To use systemd services:

1. Create a file for each DTP service where each file is in the format <servicefilename>.service.
   • These files can be named whatever you want, but the filename must use the ".service" extension in order for systemd to process them correctly.
2. Place these files in the /etc/systemd/system directory.

Below are some sample systemd services for each of the DTP services that can be used in the files you created in the above steps. It is important to ensure that the User and Group for each service is consistent with the DTP installation owner. Additionally, the "ExecStart" and "ExecStop" options should correspond to your DTP installation location.

For DTP Server:

[Unit]
Description=Parasoft DTP Server
# Wait for the network services to be started first
Wants=network.target
After=network.target

# When the database is MySQL and on the local machine...
# Wants=mysql.service
# After=mysql.service

[Service]
# User/Group should be consistent with DTP installation owner
User=devtest
Group=devtest

Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/devtest/parasoft/dtp/bin/dtp.sh run
ExecStop=/home/devtest/parasoft/dtp/bin/dtp.sh stop
# Set maximum file descriptor limit to max
LimitNOFILE=65536
SuccessExitStatus=143 SIGKILL
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

For DTP Data Collector:

[Unit]
Description=Parasoft DTP Data Collector Service
# Wait for the network services to be started first
Wants=network.target
After=network.target

# When the database is MySQL and on the local machine...
# Wants=mysql.service
# After=mysql.service

[Service]
# User/Group should be consistent with DTP installation owner
User=devtest
Group=devtest

Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/devtest/parasoft/dtp/bin/datacollector.sh run
ExecStop=/home/devtest/parasoft/dtp/bin/datacollector.sh stop
# Set maximum file descriptor limit to max
LimitNOFILE=65536
SuccessExitStatus=143 SIGKILL
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

For DTP Enterprise Pack (if installed):

[Unit]
Description=Parasoft DTP Enterprise Pack Service
# Wait for the network services to be started first
Wants=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
# User/Group should be consistent with DTP installation owner
User=devtest
Group=devtest

Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/devtest/parasoft/dtp/dtpservices/dtpservices.sh run
ExecStop=/home/devtest/parasoft/dtp/dtpservices/dtpservices.sh stop
# Set maximum file descriptor limit to max
LimitNOFILE=65536
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After the services have been configured, you can enable them to start automatically when the machine is restarted. For each service file you created, run the following:

sudo systemctl enable <servicefilename>

Once you have enabled all the services, reload the systemd manager configuration:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Then for each service you created, run the following to start them:

sudo systemctl start <servicefilename>

To check the status for a service:

sudo systemctl status <servicefilename>

To stop a service:

sudo systemctl stop <servicefilename>