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h1. Starting Petals ESB

Petals ESB offers one start mode.

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In order to be able to start Petals ESB, under Linux or Windows, you must have defined a valid {{JAVA_HOME}} environment variable.
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h2. Linux / MacOS X

*Command line to start Petals ESB*

# Go to {{$PETALS_HOME/bin}}
# Execute the following command:
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*Command line to start Petals ESB*

# Go to {{%PETALS_HOME%\bin}}
# Execute the following command:
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h2. Linux / MacOS X

*Stop a Petals ESB instance:*

*Stop a Petals ESB instance:*

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