Hi Patrick, In order to stop / start the Jaspersoft instance, you should use the following commands: Stop: sudo service tomcat7 stopStart: sudo service tomcat7 startAlso, while not on the exact same topic, you can reference this article that details how to transfer files to the machine and in-part stop / start the service: http://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/aws-remote-machine-login-and-file-transfer Please let me know if you have any follow up questions. Thanks, Assaf