Shortcuts to start, log in to, and shut down Pega 7.2 Personal Edition

You can shut down and start the Personal Edition as you work through your testing and configuration. Shutting down frees up disk space when you are not actively using Personal Edition.
For these actions, use the following shortcuts that were added to your desktop during the installation.

• Start up starts the Personal Edition.
• Login opens the Personal Edition login screen.
• Shutdown shuts down the Personal Edition.

Starting and logging in to Personal EditionFollow these steps to start Personal Edition and log in.

1. Click the Start up shortcut to start Personal Edition. The startup process is logged in a command prompt window.
2. When the server has started and displays the following message, click the Login shortcut to display the sign-on screen.INFO: Server Startup in <nnnnnn> ms                                                                                                                                                                  Note :   You can minimize the Tomcat window, but it must remain open while you work in Personal Edition.
3. Enter an operator ID and password.
4. Click Log In.

Note : If you have yet not created any operators, log in to the Pega 7 Platform instance with the operator                                                       ID [email protected] and the password install.

Shutting down Personal Edition
Click the Shutdown shortcut to shut down the Personal Edition after you log out of Personal Edition. This action also closes the Tomcat window.