Starting the platform daemon

This procedure describes commands to start the Linux AxSupervisor platform daemon and to verify that it is running.

Perform the following steps:
  1. Type the following at the command line to start the platform daemon on a Linux AxSupervisor:
    <user>@<host>:/usr/bin# niagaradctl start
    Starting Niagara Daemon: [ OK ]
  2. Type the following at the command line to verify that the daemon has started:
    <user>@<host>:/usr/bin# niagaradctl status
    niagarad (pid 4815162342) is running...

The platform daemon is now running on your platform and can accept platform connections.