The following command starts the MobiLink server using the ODBC data source SQL Anywhere 16 CustDB to identify the consolidated database. Enter the entire command on one line.

mlsrv16 -c "DSN=SQL Anywhere 16 CustDB;UID=ml_server;PWD=sql" -zs MyServer -o mlsrv.log -vcr -x tcpip(port=3303)

In this example, the -c option provides a connection string that contains an ODBC data source name (DSN) and authentication. The -zs option provides a server name. The -o option specifies that the log file should be named mlsrv.log. The contents of mlsrv.log are verbose because of the -vcr option. The -x option opens a port for version 10 and later clients.

For more information about the options described in the previous example, see:

• -c mlsrv16 option
• -zs mlsrv16 option
• -o mlsrv16 option
• -v mlsrv16 option
• -x mlsrv16 option

You can also start the MobiLink server as a Windows service or Unix daemon. See MobiLink server use outside the current session.

You must specify a database user for the MobiLink server to connect to the database server. You specify the database user with the mlsrv16 -c option or in the ODBC data source. See -c mlsrv16 option.

This database user must have full SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges on the MobiLink system tables, and must also have the EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE privilege on the MobiLink system procedures. By default, the database user who runs the MobiLink setup script has these privileges. To use another database user to run the MobiLink server, you must grant these privileges for that user on the ml_* tables and the ml_add_*_script system procedures.

For a list of all MobiLink system procedures, see MobiLink server system procedures.

The database user also needs the appropriate privilege on all tables referenced in the MobiLink scripts, and EXECUTE privileges on any procedures referenced in the MobiLink scripts.

Some types of MobiLink consolidated databases require the database user used by MobiLink server to have specific privileges against system tables and/or views. See the following topics for information about specific consolidated databases:

• Adaptive Server Enterprise consolidated database
• IBM DB2 LUW consolidated database
• Microsoft SQL Server consolidated database
• MySQL consolidated database
• Oracle consolidated database

For more information about setup scripts, see Consolidated database setup.

When using HTTP or HTTPS, with or without the Relay Server, you can use a web browser to verify MobiLink server is listening for requests. For example, if your MobiLink server command line is as follows:

mlsrv16 ... -x http(port=8080)

and the computer is ml1.mycorp.com, then you can open a web browser and point it to http://ml1.mycorp.com:8080.

MobiLink server responds with a 404 Not Found error that also mentions the MobiLink server's major version.

See Introduction to the Relay Server.