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Red Hat platform procedure

Red Hat platform procedure

Install procedure

Procedure

  1. Edit the STDManager_redhat_tmpl file setup configuration section as shown below:

  2. Copy this file to /etc/init.d/STDManager and change the file properties as shown:

    Copyroot@machine:~# cp STDManager_redhat_tmpl /etc/init.d/STDManager root@machine:~# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/STDManager AME should be set to local Simcenter Amesim directory. AME_SIMULATIONPROCESSES should be set to the maximum number of parallel daemons requested on the host (for example, if you have a quad-core machine this should be set to 4). If you want to set a port number for STDSIMManager different from the default 40001, you must change STDSIMMANAGER_PORT. For example, if you want to set it to 39999:

  3. Install the service:

    Copyroot@machine:~# chkconfig STDManager on

Results

We recommand the default installation.

Now the STDSIMManager will run continuously in the background, and it will now be automatically started on boot

Uninstall procedure

Procedure

  1. Uninstall the service:

    Copyroot@machine:/home/user$ chkconfig STDManager off

  2. Remove the /etc/init.d/STDManager script file.

Test procedure

The service must be started by the administrator, this service is owned by the user defined in the configuration file.

Procedure

  1. Start the service:

    Copyroot@machine:/home/user$service STDManager start Starting STDManager (via systemctl): [ OK ]

  2. Check service status:

    Copyuser@machine:/home/user$ service STDManager status

  3. Check whether the STDSIMManager is running:

    Copyuser@machine:/home/user$ ps -u user | grep STDSIM 2786 ? S 0:00 STDSIMManager

  4. Stop the service

    Copyroot@machine:/home/user$ service STDManager stop Stopping STDManager: [ OK ]

  5. Check that the service is down:

    Copyuser@machine:/home/user$ service STDManager status

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/254352342/PL20250521841123434.amesim_collection.Parallel_Processing/Red_Hat_platform_procedure · retrieved 2026-07-17