By default, Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes starts automatically when the operating system starts (at each operating system's default execution level). The application starts all service tasks as well as user tasks with starting mode set to PS in the schedule settings.
If you stop Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes, all running tasks will be paused. After restarting the application, paused user tasks are not resumed automatically. Only user tasks with starting mode set to PS in the schedule settings are restarted.
To run the application, the root account must be the owner of the following directories and only the owner must have write access to them: /var, /var/opt, /var/opt/kaspersky, /var/log/kaspersky, /opt, /opt/kaspersky, /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/lib64.
Starting, restarting, and stopping the application
To start Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl start kics
To stop Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl stop kics
To restart Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl restart kics
To start Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes outside of systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics start
To stop Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes outside of systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics stop
To restart Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes outside of systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics restart
Application status monitoring
The Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes status is monitored by the watchdog service. The watchdog service is automatically launched when the application starts.
In the event of an application crash, a dump file is generated and the application is restarted automatically.
To display the status of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl status kics
To display the status of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes outside of systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics status