Integration Agent must be running in order for clients to execute services or for Integration Agent to send outbound requests. If you are using Integration Agent in a development environment, it must be running in order for your developers to build, update, and test services using the Software AG Designer.

When starting Integration Agent, keep in mind that Integration Agent stores some configuration files and log files on disk. Make sure that there is enough free disk space on the Integration Agent machine to accommodate these files. Running out of disk space can affect performance and can lead to errors.

For information about starting Integration Agent in safe mode, see the chapter “Starting Integration Server in Safe Mode” in the webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide.

For information about starting Integration Server from the command prompt, see the section “Starting a Server Instance from the Command Prompt” in the “Starting and Stopping the Server” chapter in the webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide. That chapter also contains instructions for increasing file descriptors on certain operating systems.