Starting and stopping the application
December 12, 2023
ID 197929
By default, Kaspersky Endpoint Security starts automatically when the operating system is booted (at the default level of execution for each operating system). The application starts all service tasks as well as user tasks with starting mode set to PS in the schedule settings.
If you stop the application, all running tasks will be interrupted. 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 Kaspersky Endpoint Security
To start the application in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl start kesl
To stop the application in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl stop kesl
To restart the application in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl restart kesl
To start the application in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kesl start
To stop the application in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kesl stop
To restart the application in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kesl restart
Monitoring the status of Kaspersky Endpoint Security
The Kaspersky Endpoint Security 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 application status in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl status kesl
To display the application status in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kesl status
