Installation

Installing LexFloatServer on Windows

LexFloatServer runs as a service on Windows. To install it as a service, pass the -i option along with a service name and optionally a service display name, which is shown in the Windows Services Manager:

lexfloatserver -i --service-name myfloatingserver --service-display-name MyFloatingServer

After installation, it is set to start with the computer and run silently in the background.

Stopping and starting LexFloatServer on Windows

To stop or start the server from the command line, you need the service name. If the service name was not passed during installation, it defaults to lexfloatserver-productId (where product id is the id of your product):

sc stop myfloatingserver
sc start myfloatingserver

Uninstalling LexFloatServer on Windows

To uninstall, first pass the -d option to deactivate the server license, then the -u option to remove the service:

lexfloatserver -d
lexfloatserver -u --service-name myfloatingserver

Installing LexFloatServer on Linux

LexFloatServer can run as a systemd, Upstart, or SysV service on Linux. To install it as a service, pass the -i option along with the service name:

lexfloatserver -i --service-name myfloatingserver

After installation, it is set to start with the computer and run silently in the background.

Stopping and starting LexFloatServer on Linux

To stop or start the server from the command line, you need the service name. If the service name was not passed during installation, it defaults to lexfloatserver.productId (where product id is the id of your product):

sudo service myfloatingserver stop
sudo service myfloatingserver start

Uninstalling LexFloatServer on Linux

To uninstall, first pass the -d option to deactivate the server license, then the -u option to remove the daemon:

lexfloatserver -d
lexfloatserver -u --service-name myfloatingserver

Installing LexFloatServer on macOS

LexFloatServer runs as a launchd daemon on macOS. To install it as a service, pass the -i option along with the service name:

lexfloatserver -i --service-name com.mycompany.myfloatingserver

After installation, it is set to start with the computer and run silently in the background.

Stopping and starting LexFloatServer on macOS

To stop or start the server from the command line, you need the service name. If the service name was not passed during installation, it defaults to com.lexfloatserver.productId (where product id is the id of your product):

sudo launchctl stop com.mycompany.myfloatingserver
sudo launchctl start com.mycompany.myfloatingserver

Uninstalling LexFloatServer on macOS

To uninstall, first pass the -d option to deactivate the server license, then the -u option to remove the daemon:

lexfloatserver -d
lexfloatserver -u --service-name com.mycompany.myfloatingserver