What does it mean to raise a server?

Question

Nginx

What does it mean to raise the server ?

Answer 1

So there is no server, and then someone came, set up and launched = raised.
Or the server was, and then broke (fell). Someone came, saw, conquered and raised again.
UPD: raise apache server for free without sms.

Answer 2

Calque from
server (service, etc) up
server (service, etc) down
which is more correctly translated as "start the server (service, etc.)" and "shut down the server (service, etc.)"
Often the concept of installation and configuration is included in the raising

Answer 3

Not "start",
but "prepare" or "run".