YouTrack Server 2022.2 Help

Start and Stop a JAR Distribution

This page describes how to stop and start your YouTrack Server server.

The following situations require that you stop YouTrack:

  • You want to change the location of the database.

  • You want to modify properties or JVM options for your YouTrack Server server.

  • You want to upgrade your YouTrack Server installation.

Start a JAR Distribution

To start YouTrack JAR, run the command:

java -jar youtrack-<version>.jar

Stop a JAR Distribution

To stop YouTrack JAR, use either of these two methods:

  • In the console where you ran the command to start the service, press Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

  • Run the following command in a separate console window:

    java -jar youtrack-<version>.jar stop
Last modified: 21 September 2022