# Test Server Installation

Before you log onto the JReport Server, you have to first start the server. This topic shows you how to access JReport Server through a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Firefox.

## Starting and logging onto JReport Server

To log onto JReport Server, first start the server via one of the following ways:

- Double-click the JReport Server 13.5 Update 2 shortcut on your desktop.
- Click Start > All Programs > JReport 13.5 Update 2 > Start Server.
- Run the JRServer.bat/JRServer.sh file located in `<install_root>\bin`.
- Run the startup file from a MS-DOS command prompt. For example, assume that JReport Server has been installed in `C:\JReport\Server,` you can type the following commands:

  `C:\>cd JReport\Server\bin
  C:\JReport\Server\bin>JRServer.bat`

Then,

- To access the JReport Console page:
  1. Open a web browser and set the URL to `http://ip_or_hostname:port` (by default, the port for accessing the JReport Console page is 8888).
  2. On the welcome page, type your user name and password as assigned by your administrator. For first time users, the default user name and password is admin for both user name and password.
  3. Click the Login button. The JReport Console page will be displayed.

- To access the JReport Administration page:
  1. Click Start > All Programs > JReport 13.5 Update 2 > System Admin, or open a web browser and set the URL to `http://ip_or_hostname:port` (by default, the port for accessing the JReport Administration page is 8889).
  2. In the Sign in dialog, type your user name and password as assigned by the administrator. For first time users, the default user name and password is admin for both user name and password.
  3. Click Login and the JReport Administration page will be displayed.

Tip: If you don't know the IP address of the machine on which the server runs, and if it is the same machine where you run your web browser, you can use localhost instead of the IP address. You can also open a console window on the server machine and type hostname, then the name of the host will be displayed.