Start and Stop Hub MSI

This page describes how to stop and start your Hub server. To prevent unexpected loss of data, you need to stop your Hub server before performing any of the following updates:

• Changing the location of the Hub database or other application files.

• Modifying Hub properties or JVM options for your Hub server.

• Switching traffic from HTTP to HTTPS and vice versa.

• Upgrading your Hub installation.

When you install Hub with an MSI distribution, Hub runs as a Windows service. The display name of the windows service is JetBrains Hub. After the initial configuration, the application runs in the background on the server.

To start and stop the Windows service, use the Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services).