# Starting the Enterprise Gateway

## Contents
Overview Before you Begin Starting the Enterprise Gateway Accessing the Enterprise Gateway Tools Starting Policy Studio Getting Started Tutorial

## Overview
This topic shows the preliminary steps before you begin. It explains how to start the Enterprise Gateway, the Enterprise Gateway tools (for example, Service Manager, Traffic Monitor, and Real-time Monitoring Console), and Policy Studio. It also lists the main steps in the Getting Started tutorial.
## Before you Begin
Check System Requirements You should ensure that your target machine and platform are supported. For details, see System Requirements. Install the Enterprise Gateway and Policy Studio If you have not already done so, see the Installation Guides. For details on upgrading from previous versions, see Upgrading a Previous Enterprise Gateway Installation. Install Service Explorer If you wish to use Oracle Service Explorer to test the sample Web Service in the Getting Started tutorial, you must have Service Explorer installed. This step is optional.
## Starting the Enterprise Gateway
To start the Enterprise Gateway on the command line, perform the following steps: Change to the following directory in your Enterprise Gateway installation:
Windows | `Win32\bin`
UNIX\Linux | `posix/bin`
Run the `enterprisegateway` command. For more information on starting the Enterprise Gateway, see the Startup Instructions.
## Accessing the Enterprise Gateway Tools
1. To access web-based Enterprise Gateway tools such as the Service Manager, Traffic Monitor, and Real-time Monitoring Console, perform the following steps: Enter the following URL to access the Welcome to Oracle Enterprise Gateway page:
       http://HOST:8090/
2. `HOST` refers to the hostname or IP address of the machine on which the Enterprise Gateway is running (for example, `http://localhost:8090/`). The welcome page contains links to Enterprise Gateway tools and information. Enter your user name and password. The default values are as follows:
   User Name | `admin`
   Password | `changeme`
4. Click the Service Manager link to launch this web-based system administration tool for the Enterprise Gateway. Enter your user name and password. The default values are as follows:
   User Name | `admin`
   Password | `changeme`
Service Manager enables you to use your browser to perform a subset of the tasks performed in Policy Studio. This includes tasks such as register Web services, assign policies to them, and create policy shortcut chains. For more information, see Getting Started with Service Manager.
## Starting Policy Studio
To start Policy Studio, perform the following steps: In your Policy Studio installation directory, enter the `policystudio` command. In the Policy Studio, click a link to a server session to connect to the Enterprise Gateway. In the Open Connection dialog, click OK to accept the default settings. For more details, see Connection Details. The Oracle Enterprise Gateway process is displayed on the Oracle Enterprise Gateway Dashboard. Policy Studio enables you to perform the full range of Enterprise Gateway configuration and management tasks. This includes tasks such as create and assign policies, import Web Services, optimize Enterprise Gateway configuration settings, and manage Enterprise Gateway deployments. For more details on using the Policy Studio to manage Enterprise Gateway processes and configurations, see Getting Started with Managing Deployments.
## Getting Started Tutorial
When you have completed the preliminary steps, and started the Enterprise Gateway components, you can then start working through the Getting Started Tutorial. This tutorial is based on a simple Apache Axis Web Service. It includes the following main steps: Registering a Web Service Monitoring a Web Service Securing a Web Service Monitoring Traffic Troubleshooting