# Gateway service not starting after computer restart

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting-after-computer-restart/32874>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting-after-computer-restart/32874 "2020-03-06T07:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ronaldny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@ronaldny](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ronaldny)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting-after-computer-restart/32874/1 "2020-03-06T07:44:19Z")

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I am having a challenge of having to start the service manually whenever the computer restarts on updates

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting-after-computer-restart/32874/2 "2020-03-06T12:34:53Z")

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Things to check first:

1. Make sure the service is set to "Automatic".

2. After a reboot where Ignition fails to start, grab a copy of the wrapper log file and examine the tail of it to look for error messages.

3. If the wrapper log suggests that Ignition isn't getting enough CPU time, consider setting the service to "delayed start".

See this saga for similar troubles:

> [@Gateway Restart Troubles & Complications after upgrade to 7.9.9](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-restart-troubles-complications-after-upgrade-to-7-9-9/21148):
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> Hey folks, Java: 1.8.0\_161-b12 A few weeks ago I struggled with upgrading 7.9.7 to 7.9.9, in that the gateway service was unable to start after the upgrade. I managed to get it running after a series of uninstalls, reinstalls, and gateway restores. Walked away with it running 7.9.9 stable. I had no issues with the upgrade on the redundant machine. Fast forward to today. The site lost power and on restart, the gateway service did not restart automatically. I restarted and pulled a gateway back…