Starting and Stopping EFT Server

EFT Server starts automatically and runs as a Windows system service. If you close the administration interface, EFT Server continues to run in the background as a system service.

For the procedure for a remote Server, refer to Starting and Stopping EFT Server Remotely.

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When you stop the Server service, EFT Server breaks all existing connections and waits until all socket threads die. The service can terminate when Timer Event processing is still in progress. The triggering of Monitor Folder and Timer Event Rules occurs almost simultaneously and is controlled by the operating system, not by EFT Server. Refer to Event Rule Order of Execution for more information.

To stop EFT Server in the administration interface

  1. In the administration interface, connect to EFT Server and click the Server tab.

  2. In the left pane, click the Server that you want to start/stop.

  3. In the right pane, click the General tab.

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  4. Click Stop service, then click Apply. EFT Server status indicator turns from green to red.

To start or stop EFT Server using Windows Services

  1. Click Start > Run. The Run dialog box appears.

  2. In the Open box, type services.msc then press ENTER.

  3. Right-click the EFT Server service and click Start (or Stop).

To start or stop EFT Server from the command line

  1. Click Start > Run. The Run dialog box appears.

  2. In the Open box, type cmd or command then pres ENTER. The Windows Command Prompt dialog box appears.

  3. To start EFT Server, at the prompt type the following command (include the quotation marks):

Net start "globalscape eft Server"

  1. To stop EFT Server, at the prompt type the following command (include the quotation marks):

Net stop "globalscape eft server"

  1. After the service is started or stopped, type Exit (or close the Command Prompt).

 

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Any time you run a server, you expose your computer to outside users. The potential exists for exposing files and programs on your computer and network to malicious outside users, particularly if EFT Server is compromised.  

Although you can set folder permissions from within EFT Server administration interface, you can add an extra level of protection by establishing a user account for EFT Server and then limiting folder access through EFT Server's user account permissions. This establishes a stopgap until server/system integrity can be restored if EFT Server is ever compromised.

To configure EFT Server to run securely, you should:

  1. Create a user account for EFT Server 

  2. Assign permissions to EFT Server's user account and assign EFT Server to the account

  3. Log EFT Server on as a service

  4. If necessary, configure EFT Server's user account to map a virtual folder to a network drive.