How to stop/start/restart services on an external Satellite 6 Capsule server?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 Capsule server

Issue

  • How do I stop, start, or restart Satellite 6 Capsule Server services?

Resolution

  • Following commands can be used to stop, start, or restart Satellite 6 Capsule Server services.

    # satellite-maintain service status

OR

# foreman-maintain service status

  • In some instances it is necessary to manually stop and then restart the Capsule services.
    One method is to reboot the Capsule
    You may also individually stop, start, or restart the services using;

    service <service name> stop | start | restart

  • The affected services include;

    • dhcpd
    • dns
    • httpd
    • pulp_celerybeat
    • pulp_workers
    • pulp_resource_manager
    • foreman_proxy

  • To restart the pulp, foreman-proxy, and puppet master portions:

    for i in pulp_celerybeat pulp_resource_manager pulp_workers httpd foreman-proxy; do service $i stop; done
for i in pulp_celerybeat pulp_resource_manager pulp_workers httpd foreman-proxy; do service $i start; done

  • if using the dns feature or dhcp feature, simply restart their respective services:

    service named restart
service dhcpd restart
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