# Gateway won’t auto start on a Mac Pro?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-won-t-auto-start-on-a-mac-pro/17325>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-won-t-auto-start-on-a-mac-pro/17325 "2018-03-12T04:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![dstauft](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dstauft/32/6796_2.png) [@dstauft](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dstauft)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-won-t-auto-start-on-a-mac-pro/17325/1 "2018-03-12T04:07:06Z")

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So… I am building an Ignition server for a local non-profit to track donations, inventory, POS and such. It is fully licensed. It is running on a Mac Pro, and I am a PC guy. The issue is that the gateway will not start after a reboot and I have been unable to find a Gateway Control Utility for a Mac, the only way I can start it is to reinstall Ignition after each reboot. What the hell am I missing?!?

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**Author:** ![dstauft](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dstauft/32/6796_2.png) [@dstauft](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dstauft)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-won-t-auto-start-on-a-mac-pro/17325/2 "2018-03-13T14:50:14Z")

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For anyone interested, I found a work around by simply writing a start up script to run the command “/usr/local/Ignition/ignition.sh start” from the terminal…

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**Author:** ![ggross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ggross/32/12668_2.png) [@ggross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ggross)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-won-t-auto-start-on-a-mac-pro/17325/3 "2018-03-13T22:40:51Z")

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If you have installed Ignition in the default directory, then you should be able to launch the Gateway Control Utility by doing the following:

```auto
/usr/local/ignition/gcu.sh

```

There is a known issue where is a Java JRE is installed (not the JDK), the Utility UI won’t launch and you will get an error message like:  
`To use the "java" command-line tool you need to install a JDK.`

There are two ways you can resolve this:

1. Install a Java JDK if you are so inclined
2. Open the gcw.sh file and add the following line to the top:  
`export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home"`

Thanks,  
Garth