---
name: "4s-cluster-start"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "4store"
version: "1.1.4-2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/4s-cluster-start"
---

# 4s-cluster-start(1)

Start the backends for a KB on the cluster.

## NAME

**4s-cluster-start** – Start the backends for a KB on the cluster.

## SYNOPSIS

**4s-cluster-start** kb-name

## FILES

This command depends on the config file /etc/4s-cluster, see 4s-cluster(5).

## EXAMPLES

$ **4s-cluster-start** demo

Start the "demo" knowledgebase

Knowledgebases can be stoped with the 4s-cluster-stop(1) command.

## CAVEATS

If the kb has not already been created then you will see an error like "failed to open metadata file .../metadata.nt for locking: No such file or directory"

## SEE ALSO

4s-cluster-create(1), 4s-cluster-stop(1), 4s-cluster-destroy(1), 4s-cluster-info(1)