# Displaying the Servers View [edit]

This Help topic gives an overview of the Servers View in Aptana Studio.

## Introduction

Use the Servers View to start, stop, and manage your servers in Aptana Studio.

## Instructions

### Displaying the Servers View

To display the Servers View:

1. From the Window menu, select Show View > Other... to open a Show View window.
2. In the Show View window, open the Aptana Views folder, and select Servers View.

Aptana displays the Servers View (shown below).

### Adding or Configuring a server

To add or configure a server:

1. On the Servers View, click the Add Server button to open an Add Server window (shown below).

2. On the Add Server window, select the type of server that you want to add or configure and click OK.

   Aptana Studio opens a specific Add Server window for your specified server (e.g. an Add Jetty Server window for a Jetty server, etc).

3. Type the appropriate server name, host name, and port information for your server.
4. Click OK.

Aptana Studio adds your server to the Servers View.

### Starting a server

To start a server, select the server in the Servers View, and click the Start Server button .

### Restarting a server

To restart a server, select the paused server in the Servers View, and click the Restart Server button

### Stopping a server

To stop a server, select the server in the Servers View, and click the Stop Server button .

### Monitoring your servers

The Servers View provides you with access to several tools to monitor and help troubleshoot your server:

- Click the Open Console button to open a console view for the selected server.
- Click the Open Log button to open a log in the TailView View for the selected server.
- Click the View Statistics button to ping the selected server and view statistics for it.

## Related Topics

- Displaying Aptana Views
- About the Jaxer server
- Getting Started with Jaxer in Aptana Studio
- Creating a new Jaxer project
- Previewing a Jaxer project
- About Jaxer Views
  - Displaying the TailView View
  - Displaying the Jaxer Activity Monitor View
  - Displaying the Jaxer Shell View
- Configuring your Jaxer servers
- Setting your TailView preferences
- JaxerManager_Command_Line_Interface_(CLI) Reference
- Running the Jaxer server diagnostic tools

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