Start and Stop a JAR Distribution

This page describes how to stop and start your YouTrack Standalone server.

The following situations require that you stop YouTrack:

You want to change the location of the database.
You want to modify properties or JVM options for your YouTrack Standalone server.
You want to upgrade your YouTrack Standalone installation.

Start a JAR Distribution

To start YouTrack JAR, run the command:

java -jar youtrack-<version>.jar

To stop YouTrack JAR, use either of these two methods:

In the console where you ran the command to start the service, press Ctrl + C on your keyboard.
Run the following command in a separate console window:
java -jar youtrack-<version>.jar stop

Last modified: 15 April 2021