I'm installing distributed environment, suit are on 2 dedicated servers, plu

...a/_admin/accdocs1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 43 May 15 15:59 accdocs2 -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/accdocs2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 43 May 15 15:59 accdocs3 -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/accdocs3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 39 May 15 15:59 mini -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/mini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 41 May 15 15:59 models -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/models
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 42 May 15 15:59 plugins -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/plugins
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 48 May 15 15:59 process_notes -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/process_notes
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4096 May 10 06:45 _scripts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 web web 41 May 15 15:59 search -> /opt/appian/shared_nfs/data/_admin/search


[web@appserv1 ~]$ grep -v ^# /opt/appian/ear/suite.ear/conf/custom.properties | sed '/^\\s*#/d;/^\\s*$/d'
conf.suite.PRODUCTION=false
conf.suite.SCHEME=http
conf.suite.APPLICATION_CONTEXT=suite
conf.suite.SERVER_AND_PORT=webserv1:80...

...80
conf.suite.AE_LOGS=/opt/appian/logs
conf.data.primary.datasource=jdbc/AppianPrimaryDS
conf.suite.BASE_PATH=/opt/appian/_admin

To start the Appian Engines you need to use the start-suite.sh

Please check Starting the Application Suite on UNIX at:
forum.appian.com/.../Starting_and_Stopping_Appian

I used "k admin start" to see if there are any errors. Script just silently finishes, without starting suit.

[web@appserv1 ~]$ /opt/appian/server/_scripts/start-suite.sh
K 3.3 2009-08-26 Copyright (C) 1993-2009 Kx Systems
l64 24CPU appserv1 0 PROD 2012-05-21 Appian Temporary #39004


WARNING: No valid engines are configured to be started on this machine

Done!

Have you configured ear(runtime_ear)/suite.ear/conf/appian-topology.xml file?