Stopping A Server Instance - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

NOTE If CS is already running, the start-up command fails. Stop the server first
using the

Stopping a Server Instance

You can stop the server from either Red Hat Console or from the command line.
With this version of CS, CS is enabled for a clean shutdown. During the shutdown process,
the subsystem will process any already posted requests to any of its interfaces to
completion, but will accept no new requests. There is a setting in the CS
allows you to set the absolute time out, the amount of time before the between issuing the
shutdown command and actual shutdown. If this time is reached before all processes are
complete, the server will shutdown without completing the processes. The default time out
setting is 1 minute.
Stopping From Red Hat Console
To stop a CS instance from Red Hat Console:
Log in to Red Hat Console (see "Logging Into Red Hat Console" on page 237).
1.
Select the CS instance you want to stop from the Red Hat Console navigation tab and
2.
then right-click your mouse selecting the Stop Server option from the pop-up menu.
Alternatively
Log in to Red Hat Console (see "Logging Into Red Hat Console" on page 237).
1.
Double-click the CS instance you want to open from the Red Hat Console navigation
2.
tab, or select the instance and click Open.
Go to the Tasks Tab and select Stop Server.
3.
Stopping From the Command Line
To stop a CS instance from the command line:
Log in either as
1.
root
Go to the following directory:
2.
<server_root>/cert-<instance_id>
Type the following command:
3.
./stop-cert
command, then use the
stop-cert
or with the server's user account.
Starting, Stopping, and Restarting CS Instances
command.
start-cert
file that
.cfg
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