Service start, stop, and status controls

Use the following controls and commands to start, stop, or check the status of the Security Console and Scan Engine services. Service controls are organized according to the operating system of the host machine:

• Linux

• Windows

Linux

Service commands for Linux installations depend on the init system. Inspect /sbin/init to determine if your system is using systemd or sysV.

• systemd - init is a symbolic link to /lib/systemd/systemd.

• sysV - init is a real executable.

systemd commands

Function	Security Console	Scan Engine
Start	systemctl start nexposeconsole	systemctl start nexposeengine
Stop	systemctl stop nexposeconsole	systemctl stop nexposeengine
Status	systemctl status nexposeconsole	systemctl status nexposeengine

sysV commands

Function	Security Console	Scan Engine
Start	service nexposeconsole start	service nexposeengine start
Stop	service nexposeconsole stop	service nexposeengine stop
Status	service nexposeconsole status	service nexposeengine status

Windows

Your Security Console installation includes dedicated start and stop applets:

1. Open your Start menu.

2. Browse to the “Rapid7” folder.

3. Run the Start Security Console Service or Stop Security Console Service applet as required.

Alternatively, you can start, stop, and check the status of the Security Console, Scan Engine, and database services from Windows Services Manager:

1. Open your Start menu.

2. Click Run.

3. Enter services.msc in the provided field.

4. Click OK.

5. Browse to the following services to check their status:

   • “Nexpose PostgreSQL Server”

   • “Nexpose Security Console”

   • “Nexpose Scan Engine”

6. Right click the service to stop and start as required.