Service control and activation

In order to access service control and activation for a given Verba server follow these steps:

Step 1 - Select Administration / Verba Servers menu item (requires System Administrator rights for your user)

Step 2 - Click on the row of the server you want to manage (in your system there might be only one server)

Step 3 - On the server configuration page you will find the Service Control and the Service Activation tabs

The Service Control and Activation tabs might be on one tab instead of two in your installation (as seen on the above screenshot).

The following table describes the available features:

Icon

Feature

Description

Start serviceStarts the service.
Stop serviceStops the service.
Restart serviceRestarts the service.
View service log

Loads the most current part of the service log into the log viewer pane.

View service statisticsDisplays the service statistics in a new browser window.
Automatic service startupSets the startup type of the service to automatic.
Manual service startupSets the startup type of the service to manual.
Disable serviceDisables the service. Disabling a service will turn off the correspondig configuration settings as well.
Enable serviceEnables the service. Enabling a service will turn on the corresponding configuration settings.

Using the log viewer

After selecting the View Service Log button for a service, the system loads the most recent lines from the service log.

The following table describes the available features:

Icon

Feature

Description

Toggle log tail followIf this option is enabled, the system automatically refreshes the log panel with the latest service log file content and scrolls the panel to the end.
Toggle line wrappingIf this option is enabled the log lines are wrapped to fit into the log window.
Toggle log filterEnables log filtering using the expression entered into the input box.
Clear log bufferClears the log buffer on the screen.