Server stops when I close installation command, how to permanently activate it

Dear Sir,
I'm running Centos, when i run following command in terminal,

java -jar tracker-server.jar conf/traccar.xml

the Server app starts working, and I dont' see any thing happening in terminal. but my cursor is like waiting .... to put any next command i have to type Ctrl+C, and ..... Traccar server app stops working..

How can i leave this server active, and keep recording device's history?
If the server is not running, it will definitely not save any history.

I would recommend you to install Traccar properly as a daemon.

And what would be it's process? Can you please share me the right URL for this..
BTW.. i'm already running website Apache server on our VPS.. and dont' want to get that broken.

thank you

Download installer and follow official instructions from this website.

which installer do you recommend for CentOS

There is only one installer for Linux.

but that /opt/traccar/bin/traccar start is not working in that
.. It kept saying.. command not found
when I did CD to .. /opt/traccar
there is no bin dirctory inside..

I have no idea where you got that command. I would recommend you to read official documentation a bit more carefully:

https://www.traccar.org/linux/

Thank you brother.. it worked like a charm.. I followed already available solutions in forum.. This was even simpler...

This is what i did..

1. sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk (if not already installed)
2. wget https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/download/v4.2/traccar-linux-64-4.2.zip
3. unzip traccar-linux-64-3.6.zip
4. sudo ./traccar.run
5. i followed further commands according to this.

https://www.traccar.org/linux/

Thank you .. it works

You don't even need Java. You can start from the second point.

Thank you Anton!