Connecting to an Instance
This section describes how to connect to an instance and have access to it via a shell, specifically the ObjectScript shell. You can use this shell in any namespace of an InterSystems IRIS instance. The ObjectScript shell is often called the Terminal, although the Terminal is actually a Windows application that provides this shell. To open this shell for a running instance, use the command iris terminal instname, where instname is the name you gave the instance at installation. A containerized instance is typically named IRIS.
Log in using one of the predefined user accounts, with the password you provided during installation, or an account you created. The prompt that displays indicates the login namespace, for example:
# iris terminal IRIS
Node: intersystems2588, Instance: IRIS27
Username: admin
Password: ********
USER>
To exit the Terminal and close the window, enter the command halt.
When using the docker exec command to open the Terminal for a containerized instance (as described in Interact Using the InterSystems Terminal), you are automatically logged in as irisowner and do not need to authenticate.
On a Windows system, you must execute the command from its location, the install-dir\bin directory of an InterSystems IRIS instance, or include the full path in the command, for example c:\InterSystems\IRIS27\bin\iris terminal IRIS4. You can execute the binary of a given instance to connect to that instance or another; the instance name is required either way.
