To shut down the exist server supporting MapOfLondon - start a terminal - ssh london@lettuce.tapor.uvic.ca '/home1t/london/exist/bin/shutdown.sh' To start the eXist server supporting MapOfLondon - start a terminal - ssh london@lettuce.tapor.uvic.ca '/home1t/london/exist/bin/startup.sh' MapOfLondon requires startup.sh rather then just server.sh in order to support the frontend to the db that data editors use. Compare with FrancoToile (florevid) which is very similar except it uses server.sh