Installing a SIMULIA Execution Engine Station as a Service Manually

The SIMULIA Execution Engine station can be set up to run as a service (daemon process) on Linux.

To install the SIMULIA Execution Engine station as a service manually, run the following command (as a root user):

<SEE_install_dir>/<os_dir>/code/command/station.service install

For example:

/opt/SIMULIA/Isight/2017/linux_a64/code/command/station.service install

The normal SIMULIA Execution Engine logon dialog will display, allowing you to select the SIMULIA Execution Engine to which you want to connect and the SIMULIA Execution Engine logon and password. A startup file is installed in /etc/rc3.d/S95station.

The following information should also be noted when installing a station as a service using this command:

  • To uninstall the station, run the following command (as a root user):

    <SEE_install_dir>/<os_dir>/code/command/station.service uninstall

  • The initial installation of the SIMULIA Execution Engine station as a service does not start the station. You must start it manually immediately following the installation using the following command (after this manual station start, the station will start automatically after subsequent system reboots):

    <SEE_install_dir>/<os_dir>/code/command/station.service start

  • You can stop a station as a service with the following command:

    <SEE_install_dir>/<os_dir>/code/command/station.service stop

  • If you want the station to run as a non-root user, edit the station.service.template file before installing the station as a service and change the following line:

    STATION_USER=

    to have the name of the user you want the station to run. This does not have to be the same user name used to log on to the SIMULIA Execution Engine.