To confirm that the OpenOffice service is running, perform the following steps:
Right-click the Windows task bar.
Click on Start Task Manager, and you will find a window similar to the following screenshot:
You can see that the OpenOffice service is shown in the list of running processes in Windows.
In the DOS window, run the
netstat -anptcpcommand, which will show the network activities on the computer. The DOS window will show content similar to the following screenshot:
As you can see, a service is listening at port 8100 for a request from 127.0.0.1.
If you reboot your computer, this service will be stopped and gone, because you started it manually. So, a better choice is to set up this service as a Windows service, which will be started whenever your machine is rebooted.
You may install Liferay Portal in a bundle, such as liferay-portal-tomcat-${version}.zip
, on your computer. If it is a Linux machine, you can run the unzip liferay-portal-tomcat-${version}.zip command to extract the files. On a Windows machine, an unzip tool may be already available, or you can download WinRAR at http://download.cnet.com/WinRAR-32-bit/3000-2250_4-10007677.html and install it to explode the ZIP file.