### Start Mendix Portable Runtime

Source: https://docs.mendix.com/developerportal/deploy/portable-app-distribution-deploy

Execute the startup script to launch the application locally.

```cmd
<your folder location>\bin\start.bat
```

```powershell
<your folder location>\bin\start.ps1
```

```bash
<your folder location>/bin/start
```

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### Set Executable Permissions on Linux

Source: https://docs.mendix.com/developerportal/deploy/portable-app-distribution-deploy

Apply the execute flag to the startup script if the file was extracted on a Windows system.

```bash
chmod +x ./bin/start
```

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### Default Configuration Include Order

Source: https://docs.mendix.com/developerportal/deploy/portable-app-distribution-deploy/best-practices

The default sequence in which configuration files are processed, where later entries override earlier ones.

```text
include file("etc/StudioPro.conf")
include file("etc/constants/defaults.conf")
include file("etc/configurations/Default.conf")
include file("etc/variables.conf")
include file("etc/constants/variables.conf")
```

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### Set M2EE Admin Password

Source: https://docs.mendix.com/developerportal/deploy/portable-app-distribution-deploy

Configure the admin port password required for fetching runtime metrics and data.

```cmd
set M2EE_ADMIN_PASS=<your password>
```

```bash
export M2EE_ADMIN_PASS=<your password>
```

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