# Installation of v 8.0 on Windows Server 2012

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installation-of-v-8-0-on-windows-server-2012/21073>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [November 27, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installation-of-v-8-0-on-windows-server-2012/21073 "2018-11-27T06:21:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![doshinikhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@doshinikhil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/doshinikhil)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installation-of-v-8-0-on-windows-server-2012/21073/1 "2018-11-27T06:21:34Z")

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I have installed Ignition beta 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition. It installed successfully but I am not able to launch Gateway either by web page or launch utility.

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**Author:** ![software.development](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/software.development/32/6688_2.png) [@software.development](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/software.development)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installation-of-v-8-0-on-windows-server-2012/21073/2 "2018-11-27T08:43:25Z")

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You can try with “C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\launch-gcu.bat”

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**Author:** ![anjoroge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/anjoroge/32/6698_2.png) [@anjoroge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anjoroge)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installation-of-v-8-0-on-windows-server-2012/21073/3 "2018-11-27T19:29:30Z")

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You can use the gwcmd in the command line. We are going to be moving more towards using the command line to run commands on the gateway .I am attaching a link with various commands that you can use.  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/Gateway+Control+Utility](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/Gateway+Control+Utility)

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**Author:** ![Kevin.McClusky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@Kevin.McClusky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.McClusky)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installation-of-v-8-0-on-windows-server-2012/21073/4 "2018-11-27T21:45:58Z")

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If you can’t get to the webpage ([http://localhost:8088](http://localhost:8088) by default), it probably means Ignition isn’t running. Check Services. If the Ignition Gateway service is not running, check the wrapper.log file in program files/ia/ignition/logs to see what errors it has when trying to start up, and see if that gives any indication of what the issue might be.