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All the ways to start WCS

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Launch as service 

Use the following command to launch WCS as service:

sudo systemctl start webcallserver

Since build 5.2.801, WCS is starting as service from flashphoner user for better security

Besides, you can start the server usingThis is the preferrable way to start WCS. In this case, the service will start from root user, and the main WCS process will start from flashphoner or root user depending on launch mode configuration.

Since build 5.2.1537 the service type is changed from simple to forking. Also the file permissions containing the main WCS process PID are set according to systemd requirements. The service is marked as active (running), and systemd may send a signaldirectly to the main WCS process to stop it if necessary

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Launch from command line

WCS can be started from command line if necessary:

cd /usr/local/FlashphonerWebCallServer/bin
sudo ./webcallserver start

In builds 5.2.840 - 5.2.863 this command starts WCS also from flashphoner userThis way to start is useful for testing and debugging purposes.

Environment variables setup

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