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Using Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services
Last updated 8/28/2014
For more information, see Launch an instance of Adobe Media Server and Using Amazon Simple Storage Solution (S3)
to store content.
Start and stop the server on Linux
On Linux, Adobe Media Server is installed as a service. Start and stop the Adobe Media Server service using the
amsmgr utility. Use the amsmgr utility to perform other tasks as well, such as configuring the service to start
automatically when the system is started.
Start, stop, or restart Adobe Media Server
1 Log in as an amsadmin user.
2 Change directories to /opt/adobe/ams:
cd /opt/adobe/ams
3 Open a shell and type one of the following:
sudo ./amsmgr server ams start|stop|restart
Start, stop, or restart the Administration Server
1 Log in as an amsadmin user.
2 Change directories to /opt/adobe/ams:
cd /opt/adobe/ams
3 Open a shell and type one of the following:
sudo ./amsmgr adminserver start|stop|restart.
For more information, see Managing the server on Linux.
Installation directories
Adobe Media Server is installed to the following directory:
/opt/adobe/ams
The configuration files are installed to the following directory:
/opt/adobe/ams/conf
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services has a few differences from a standard Adobe Media Server installation.
The following directories are located in the /mnt directory:
/mnt/applications
/mnt/logs
/mnt/webroot
The applications, logs, and webroot directory are in the /mnt directory, because on Adobe Media Server on Amazon
Web Services, the /mnt directory contains more storage space than the / <root> directory.
Logging
The Adobe Media Server log files are written to the following directory:
/mnt/logs