Stopping, starting, and restarting DataStax agents

Commands for stopping, starting, and restarting DataStax agents for each type of installation.

• Stop the DataStax agent:
  • Package installations:

    sudo service datastax-agent stop

  • Tarball installations:

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

    ps -ef | grep datastax-agent

    sudo kill pid

• Start the DataStax agent:
  • Package installations:

    sudo service datastax-agent start

    Note: The DataStax agent starts automatically.
  • Tarball installations:

    Use the -f option to start the agent in the foreground.

    install_location/bin/datastax-agent

• Restart the DataStax agent:
  • Package installations:

    sudo service datastax-agent restart

  • Tarball installations:
    1. To stop the DataStax agent, find the DataStax agent Java process ID (PID) and kill the process using its PID number:

       ps -ef | grep datastax-agent

       sudo kill pid

    2. Start the agent:

       Use the -f option to start the agent in the foreground.

       install_location/bin/datastax-agent