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Getting Started
Configure and run a new installation of Spectrum Technology Platform.
Starting and Stopping the Server
You may need to stop and start the Spectrum Technology Platform server to perform maintenance such as installing a lookup table or applying a product update.

Welcome
Perform administrative tasks required to manage the operation of Spectrum Technology Platform on your system.
Getting Started
Configure and run a new installation of Spectrum Technology Platform.
- Configuring a New System
  When you first install Spectrum Technology Platform there are few things you should do to ensure that your system has a basic level of security as well as access to the data you want to process through Spectrum Technology Platform.
- Accessing Spectrum Management Console
- Starting and Stopping the Server
  You may need to stop and start the Spectrum Technology Platform server to perform maintenance such as installing a lookup table or applying a product update.
- Installing the Client Tools
  The Spectrum Technology Platform client tools are applications that you use to administer your server and design and run dataflows and process flows. You must install your Spectrum Technology Platform server before installing the client tools.
- Network Ports
- Configuring license and expiration notification
  This procedure describes how to specify when to send expiration notifications, and the recipients of the notification emails.
Approval Flows
Define approval flows that data stewards use to review and accept records generated in a job by Exception Monitor.
Security
Perform tasks to secure your data on the Spectrum Technology Platform2022.1.0.
Data Sources
Configure data sources from which to load and process data in Spectrum Technology Platform2022.1.0.
Spectrum Databases
Manage databases that contain data from trusted data providers. These include databases used by Enterprise Tax, Geocoding, Global Sentry, Universal Addressing, Spatial and Routing.
Services
Access Spectrum Services through a REST or SOAP web service interface.
Flows
Schedule and manage job execution, options, and defaults.
Performance
Perform tasks to get optimal performance from your Spectrum Technology Platform environment.
Monitoring
Monitor system performance and configure notification and use system and audit logs.
Backup and Restore
Schedule or create backups and restore the Spectrum Technology Platform server.
Settings
View and configure Data Stewardship and Context Graph settings.
Administration Utility
Use the Administration Utility Command Line Interface (CLI) to manage Spectrum components and data.
Spectrum properties
Reference information for spectrum-container.properties properties and proxy server settings.
About Spectrum Technology Platform
An overview of Spectrum, its data management architecture, its platform architecture, and its modules and components.

Starting and Stopping the Server

You may need to stop and start the Spectrum Technology Platform server to perform maintenance such as installing a lookup table or applying a product update.

On Windows, Spectrum Technology Platform is set to start automatically when Windows starts up. To ensure that Spectrum Technology Platform has started, right click on the Spectrum Technology Platform icon in the Windows system task. If the icon is green then the server has started. To stop Spectrum Technology Platform, right-click the icon and select Stop Spectrum.
To start the server on Linux:
1. Change the working directory to the bin directory of where Spectrum Technology Platform is installed.
  
  For example:
  
  cd /usr/g1/tst/server/bin
2. Source the setup file.
  For example:
  . ./setup
3. Start Spectrum Technology Platform.
  - To start Spectrum Technology Platform in the background, type this command:
    
    ./server.start
  - To start Spectrum Technology Platform in the foreground, type the following command:
    
    ./server.start console
To stop Spectrum Technology Platform on Linux, type this command:
./server.stop

Note: Java uses /var/tmp as its temporary directory by default. If there is not enough space in this directory, the Spectrum Technology Platform server may not start.