Stop, start, and restart a DataStax Agent

The following commands are used to stop, start and restart a DataStax Agent for each type of installation:

Stop the DataStax Agent

sudo service datastax-agent stop

To stop the agent, find the agent Java process ID (PID) and kill the process using its PID number:

ps -ef | grep datastax-agent

sudo kill pid

sudo service datastax-agent start

The agent starts automatically.

Optionally, use the -f option to start the agent in the foreground.

INSTALL_DIRECTORY/bin/datastax-agent

sudo service datastax-agent restart

To stop the agent, find the agent Java process ID (PID) and kill the process using its PID number:

ps -ef | grep datastax-agent

sudo kill pid

Then, start the agent. Optionally, use the -f option to start the agent in the foreground.

INSTALL_DIRECTORY/bin/datastax-agent