Starting and stopping the application
February 8, 2024
ID 197929
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 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 Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes
To start the application in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl start kics
To stop the application in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl stop kics
To restart the application in systemd, execute the following command:
systemctl restart kics
To start the application in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics start
To stop the application in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics stop
To restart the application in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics restart
Monitoring the status of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes
The status of Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Linux Nodes 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 kics
To display the application status in the system without systemd, execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/kics status
