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Changing eXist's TCP port usage is explained in “Changing Jetty Settings: Port Num‐
ber and URL Prefix” on page 205 .
This topic assumes eXist is running on localhost using the standard
TCP port numbers 8080 and 8443, so you'll see URLs like http://
localhost:8080/… throughout the topic.
Starting and Stopping eXist with a GUI
If you're on a system with a GUI, the installer will have created a menu entry and/or a
desktop icon called eXist database . If you're on a command-line-only system, go to
“Starting and Stopping eXist from the Command Line” on page 24 .
Clicking the eXist database icon starts eXist and also fires up a little control applica‐
tion that should be visible in the system tray (or its equivalent on your system) as a
dotted X. For instance, on a Windows 7 machine it looks like Figure 2-1 .
Figure 2-1. The eXist control application in a Windows 7 system tray
Clicking it opens a little menu that gives you further control of eXist (like stopping
the server) and lets you do a few other useful things, as shown in Figure 2-2 .
Figure 2-2. The menu of the eXist control application
If for some reason this doesn't work, open a command window in $EXIST_HOME
and type java -jar start.jar . This should fire up the control application and the
database. If this works, you're probably best off creating a shortcut or menu entry for
it manually. If still nothing happens, read the next section.