A script designed to run the Pentaho server as a service on Linux must manage its lifecycle, which primarily includes starting and stopping the application. The start-pentaho.sh script is the standard command to initialize and run the Pentaho server in a normal operational mode. Correspondingly, the stop-pentaho.sh script is used to perform a graceful shutdown of the server. Both are essential components for a service script that automates the server's operation, such as in an init.d or systemd service file.

B. start-pentaho-debug.sh is used to launch the server in debug mode for troubleshooting or development purposes, which is not appropriate for a standard production service.

C. import-export.sh is a utility for migrating repository content (solutions, users, roles) between different Pentaho instances and is not involved in controlling the server's runtime state.

1. Hitachi Vantara Documentation

"Install Pentaho Software and Plugins"

Version 9.4.

Section: "Start and Stop the Pentaho Server"

Content: This section explicitly instructs users to execute start-pentaho.sh to start the server and stop-pentaho.sh to stop it on Linux systems. This establishes these two scripts as the primary controls for the server's state.

2. Hitachi Vantara Documentation

"Install Pentaho Software and Plugins"

Version 9.4.

Section: "Set Up Pentaho Services on Linux"

Content: This section provides an example init.d script for running the Pentaho Server as a service. The start() function in the example script directly calls start-pentaho.sh

and the stop() function calls stop-pentaho.sh. This directly confirms their use in a service management context.