Starting, restarting, and stopping OpsCenter

Commands for each type of installation.

Packaged installations include startup scripts for running OpsCenter as a service. The available service opscenterd options are:

$ service opscenterd start|stop|status|restart|force-reload

Procedure

The following list shows start, stop, and restart instructions for the supported platforms:

  • Start OpsCenter:
    • Package installations: sudo service opscenterd start
    • Tarball installations: install_location/bin/opscenter (Use -f to start in the foreground.)
    • Windows installations: Start the OpsCenter Service from the Control Panel.
      Note: By default, DataStax Enterprise services on Windows start automatically.
  • Stop OpsCenter:
    • Package installations: sudo service opscenterd stop
    • Tarball installations: Find the OpsCenter Java process ID (PID) and kill the process using its PID number:
      $ ps -ef | grep opscenter
$ sudo kill pid
    • Windows installations: Stop the OpsCenter Service from the Control Panel.
  • Restart OpsCenter:
    • Package installations:
      $ sudo service opscenterd restart
    • Tarball installations:
      Find the OpsCenter process ID (pid), kill the process using its PID number, and then start the OpsCenter:
      $ ps -ef | grep opscenter
$ sudo kill pid

      install_location/bin/opscenter (Use -f to start in the foreground.)

    • Windows installations:

      Restart the OpsCenter Service from the Control Panel.