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