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This command is certainly used to start the Apache Geronimo server. You can start the Apache Geronimo server in two different ways by running the following commands:

<geronimo_home>/bin/java -jar server.jar

or simply

<geronimo_home>/bin/startup

The startup command invokes the server.jar.

In both cases this command accepts the same parameters. The available parameters are:

--quiet
Suppress the normal startup progress bar. This is typically used when redirecting console output to a file, or starting the server from an IDE or other tool.

--long
Write startup progress to the console in a format that is suitable for redirecting console output to a file, or starting the server from an IDE or other tool (does not use linefeeds to update the progress information that is used by default if you do not specify --quiet or --long).

-v --verbose
Sets the console log level to INFO, resulting in more console output than is normally present.

-vv --veryverbose
Sets the console log level to DEBUG, resulting in even more console output.

-override [configId]
Overrides the configurations in <geronimo_home>/var/config.list such that only the configurations listed on the command line will be started. Note that many J2EE
features depend on certain configs being started, so you should be very careful what you omit. Any arguments after -override are assumed to be configuration names.

When you run this command from a Microsoft Windows command line that window will get locked with the startup results screen. On a Linux based operating system you can run this command in background getting back the control for this window terminal.

If you run the startup command without any parameters you will see a screen similar to this one.

Booting Geronimo Kernel (in Java 1.5.0_06)...
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root] ----------------------------------------------
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root] Started Logging Service
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root] Runtime Information:
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   Install Directory = D:\geronimo-tomcat-j2ee-1.2
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   JVM in use = Sun Microsystems Inc. Java 1.5.0_06
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root] Java Information:
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.runtime.name]  = Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.runtime.version]  = 1.5.0_06-b05
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [os.name]             = Windows XP
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [os.version]          = 5.1
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [sun.os.patch.level]  = Service Pack 2
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [os.arch]             = x86
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.class.version]  = 49.0
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [locale]              = en_US
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [unicode.encoding]    = UnicodeLittle
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [file.encoding]       = Cp1252
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.vm.name]        = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.vm.vendor]      = Sun Microsystems Inc.
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.vm.version]     = 1.5.0_06-b05
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.vm.info]        = mixed mode
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.home]           = C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\jre
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.classpath]      = null
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.library.path]   = C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\jre\bin;....
17:56:58,656 INFO  [root]   System property [java.endorsed.dirs]  = C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\\jre\lib\endorsed;D:\geronimo-tomcat-j2ee-1.2\lib\endorsed
17:56:58,671 INFO  [root]   System property [java.ext.dirs]       = C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\\jre/lib/ext;D:\geronimo-tomcat-j2ee-1.2/lib/ext
17:56:58,671 INFO  [root]   System property [sun.boot.class.path] = D:\geronimo-tomcat-j2ee-1.2\lib\endorsed\xalan-2.7.0.jar;...
17:56:58,671 INFO  [root] ----------------------------------------------
Module  1/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/rmi-naming/1.2/car                 started in   .297s
Module  2/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/j2ee-server/1.2/car                started in   .156s
Module  3/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/transaction/1.2/car                started in   .328s
Module  4/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/j2ee-security/1.2/car              started in   .469s
Module  5/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/axis/1.2/car                       started in   .063s
Module  6/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/openejb/1.2/car                    started in  2.938s
Module  7/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/system-database/1.2/car            started in   .000s
Module  8/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/activemq-broker/1.2/car            started in  2.360s
Module  9/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/activemq/1.2/car                   started in   .391s
Module 10/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/tomcat/1.2/car                     started in  1.782s
Module 11/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/geronimo-gbean-deployer/1.2/car    started in   .281s
Module 12/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/j2ee-deployer/1.2/car              started in   .250s
Module 13/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/connector-deployer/1.2/car         started in   .156s
Module 14/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/persistence-jpa10-deployer/1.2/car started in   .032s
Module 15/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/openejb-deployer/1.2/car           started in   .312s
Module 16/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/client-deployer/1.2/car            started in   .079s
Module 17/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/axis-deployer/1.2/car              started in   .906s
Module 18/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/sharedlib/1.2/car                  started in   .000s
Module 19/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/tomcat-deployer/1.2/car            started in   .093s
Module 20/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/welcome-tomcat/1.2/car             started in   .156s
Module 21/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/webconsole-tomcat/1.2/car          started in  1.563s
Module 22/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/remote-deploy-tomcat/1.2/car       started in   .156s
Module 23/25 org.apache.geronimo.configs/hot-deployer/1.2/car               started in  2.875s
Module 24/25 sample.applications/HelloWorldApp_1/1.2/war                             started in   .063s
Module 25/25 sample.applications/HelloWorldApp_2/1.2/war                             started in   .062s
Startup completed in 18 seconds
  Listening on Ports:
    1099 0.0.0.0 RMI Naming
    1527 0.0.0.0 Derby Connector
    4201 0.0.0.0 ActiveIO Connector EJB
    4242 0.0.0.0 Remote Login Listener
    8009 0.0.0.0 Tomcat Connector AJP
    8080 0.0.0.0 Tomcat Connector HTTP
    8443 0.0.0.0 Tomcat Connector HTTPS
    9999 0.0.0.0 JMX Remoting Connector
   61613 0.0.0.0 ActiveMQ Transport Connector
   61616 0.0.0.0 ActiveMQ Transport Connector

  Started Application Modules:
    EAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/webconsole-tomcat/1.2/car
    RAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/activemq/1.2/car
    RAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/system-database/1.2/car
    WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/dojo-tomcat/1.2/car
    WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/remote-deploy-tomcat/1.2/car
    WAR: org.apache.geronimo.configs/welcome-tomcat/1.2/car
    WAR: sample.applications/HelloWorldApp_1/1.2/war
    WAR: sample.applications/HelloWorldApp_2/1.2/war

  Web Applications:
    http://hcunico:8080/
    http://hcunico:8080/console
    http://hcunico:8080/console-standard
    http://hcunico:8080/dojo
    http://hcunico:8080/hello_1
    http://hcunico:8080/hello_2
    http://hcunico:8080/remote-deploy

Geronimo Application Server started