Service

The get_instance command requires you to include the id property in the command string. Enter the command, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns a table with multiple outputs.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service get_instance id=number

Where number is the service id. For example, if the ssh service id is 11, enter 11.

get_instance id=11
+---------+--------------+
|      id | 11           |
| service | ssh          |
|  enable | false        |
|   state | STOPPED      |
|    pids | <empty list> |
+---------+--------------+

The query command does not require entering properties or arguments. Enter the command, then press Enter. After entering the command, it returns a table with multiple outputs.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service query

service> query
+----+-------------+--------+---------+--------------+
| id | service     | enable | state   | pids         |
+----+-------------+--------+---------+--------------+
| 4  | cifs        | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
| 6  | ftp         | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
| 7  | iscsitarget | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
| 9  | nfs         | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
| 10 | snmp        | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
| 11 | ssh         | false  | STOPPED | 98638        |
| 14 | ups         | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
| 18 | smartd      | false  | STOPPED | 3079         |
| 26 | glusterd    | false  | STOPPED | <empty list> |
+----+-------------+--------+---------+--------------+

The reload command requires you to include the service property in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. True indicates the service reloaded. False indicates the service did not reload.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service reload service=name

From the service prompt, enter:

reload service=name

Where name is the service name. For example, enter ssh for the ssh service.

reload service=ssh
true

The restart command requires you to include the service property in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. True indicates the service restarted successfully. False indicates the service did not restart.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service restart service=name

Where name is the service name. For example, enter ssh for the ssh service.

restart service=ssh
true

The start command requires you to include the service property in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. True indicates the service started successfully. False indicates the service did not start.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service start service=name

Where name is the service name. For example, enter ssh for the ssh service.

start service=ssh
true

The started command requires you to include the service option in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. True indicates the service started successfully. False indicates the service did not start.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service started service=name

Where name is the service name. For example, enter ssh for the ssh service.

started service=ssh
true

The started_or_enabled command requires you to include the service option in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. True indicates the service restarts automatically and/or is running. False indicates the service is not running and does start automatically.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service started_or_enabled service=name

Where name is the service name. For example, enter ssh for the ssh service.

started_or_enabled service=ssh
true

The stop command requires you to include the service option in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. True indicates the service started or is running. False indicates the service stopped or is not running.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service stop service=name

Where name is the service name. For example, enter ssh for the ssh service.

stop service=ssh
false

The terminate_process command requires you to include the pid proptery in the command string. You can also include the timeout property (not required) to specify the amount of time (in seconds) the system should attempt to terminate the service. Enter the command string, then press Enter. After entering the command correctly, it returns either a true or false output. The command only returns true to show that the service stopped or is not running.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service terminate_process pid=number timout=number

Where number is the pid (process id) and the number of seconds before the task times out. For example, 108648 and 1 to try terminating process 108648 for 10 seconds.

terminate_process pid=108648 timeout=true
true

The update command requires you to include the id_or_name and enable property in the command string. Enter the command string, then press Enter. The command returns an empty line.

From the CLI prompt, enter:

service update id_or_name=number/name enable=true/false

Where:

• number/name is the service id name. For example, enter 11 or ssh for the ssh service.
• true/false enables the start automatically feature if the value is true or disables start automatically if the value is false.

update id_or_name=ssh enable=true