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Starting the Amazon DCV Server

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Starting the Amazon DCV Server - Amazon DCV

The Amazon DCV server must be running to host sessions.

By default, the Amazon DCV server starts whenever the server that it's hosted on starts up. If you chose to disable automatic startup when you installed the Amazon DCV server, you must start the server manually or set up automatic startup again. To do either option, follow one of these procedures.

Windows Amazon DCV server

Manually start the Amazon DCV server using the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

To start the Amazon DCV server on Windows
  1. Open the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. In the right pane, open DCV Server.

  3. Choose Start.

Note

If the server is already up and running, the Start button is disabled.

Configure automatic startup using the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

To configure the Amazon DCV server to start automatically on Windows
  1. Open the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. In the right pane, open DCV Server.

  3. For Startup service, choose Automatic.

Linux Amazon DCV server

Manually start the Amazon DCV server using the command line.

To start the Amazon DCV server on Linux

Use the following commands:

  • RHEL, CentOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, and Ubuntu 18.x

    $ sudo systemctl start dcvserver

Configure the Amazon DCV server to start automatically using the command line.

To configure the Amazon DCV server to start automatically on Linux

Use the following commands:

  • RHEL, CentOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, and Ubuntu 18.x

    $ sudo systemctl enable dcvserver

Manually start the Amazon DCV server using the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

To start the Amazon DCV server on Windows
  1. Open the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. In the right pane, open DCV Server.

  3. Choose Start.

Note

If the server is already up and running, the Start button is disabled.

Configure automatic startup using the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

To configure the Amazon DCV server to start automatically on Windows
  1. Open the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. In the right pane, open DCV Server.

  3. For Startup service, choose Automatic.

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