Stopping, starting, checking status of the service

While managing KUMA, you may need to perform the following operations.

Temporarily stop the service. For example, when restoring the Core from backup, or to edit service settings related to the operating system.
Start the service.
Check the status of the service.

The "Commands for stopping, starting, and checking the status of a service" table lists commands that may be useful when managing KUMA.

Commands for stopping, starting, and checking the status of a service

Service	Stop service	Start service	Check the status of the service
Core	`sudo systemctl stop kuma-core.service`	`sudo systemctl start kuma-core.service`	`sudo systemctl status kuma-core.service`
Services with an ID: collector correlator storage	`sudo systemctl stop kuma-<collector/correlator/storage>-<service ID>.service`	`sudo systemctl start kuma-<collector/correlator/storage>-<service ID>.service`	`sudo systemctl status kuma-<collector/correlator/storage>-<service ID>.service`
Services without an ID: kuma-grafana.service kuma-mongodb.service kuma-victoria-metrics.service kuma-vmalert.service	`sudo systemctl stop kuma-<grafana/victoria-metrics/vmalert>.service`	`sudo systemctl start kuma-<grafana/victoria-metrics/vmalert>.service`	`sudo systemctl status kuma-<grafana/victoria-metrics/vmalert>.service`
Windows agents	To stop an agent service: 1. Copy the agent ID in the KUMA web interface. 2. Connect to the host on which you want to start the KUMA agent service. 3. Run PowerShell as an account that has administrative privileges. 4. Run the following command in PowerShell: `Stop-Service -Name "WindowsAgent-<agent ID>"`	To start an agent service: 1. Copy the agent ID in the KUMA web interface. 2. Connect to the host on which you want to start the KUMA agent service. 3. Run PowerShell as an account that has administrative privileges. 4. Run the following command in PowerShell: `Start-Service -Name "WindowsAgent-<agent ID>"`	To view the status of an agent service: 1. In Windows, go to the Start → Services menu, and in the list of services, double-click the relevant KUMA agent. 2. This opens a window; in that window, view the status of the agent in the Service status field.

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