$ afx {command}
service: no such service afx_server

1. Connect to the AFX Server as the root user.
2. Create a symbolic link to the AFX startup script located in $AFX_HOME/bin.

ln -s $AFX_HOME/bin/afx_server /etc/init.d/afx_server 

3. Make sure the link was created properly:

ls -l /etc/init.d/afx_server

$ ls -l /etc/init.d/afx_server 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 30 15:26 /etc/init.d/afx_server -> /home/oracle/AFX/bin/afx_server

4. Switch to the afx user and verify that the AFX commands now work. Here is a sample session using the afx status command. Note that in this example the afx user is oracle.

$ afx status
AFX Server Status:Setting MULE_HOME to /home/oracle/AFX/esb...
INFO: Using default configuration
(you can configure options in one of these file: /etc/default/activemq /home/oracle/.activemqrc)

INFO: Invoke the following command to create a configuration file
/home/oracle/AFX/activemq/bin/activemq setup [ /etc/default/activemq | /home/oracle/.activemqrc ]

INFO: Using java '/etc/alternatives/java_sdk_1.7.0/bin/java'
ActiveMQ not running
----
MULE_HOME is set to /home/oracle/AFX/esb
Mule Enterprise Edition is not running.
----
MMC Console is not running.
done

5. To configure AFX services to start and stop automatically whenever the system reboots, add the service and enable it using the chkconfig utility: 

1. Add the service:

chkconfig --add afx_server

2. Enable the service run level:

chkconfig afx_server on

3. Verify the service has been added: 

chkconfig --list afx_server

cd $AFX_HOME/bin
./afx {command}

./afx status