How to stop, start and restart RSA Authentication Manager 8.x services at the command line
Originally Published: 2014-03-22
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.x
Issue
Cause
Resolution
- Launch an SSH client, such as PuTTy.
- Login to the primary Authentication Manager server as rsaadmin and enter the operating system password.
Note that during Quick Setup another user name may have been selected. Use that user name to login.
- Navigate to /opt/rsa/am/server. Manage RSA Authentication Manager services with the following commands:
./rsaserv {start|stop|status|restart} [service] [nodep/exclude] [exclude service name]
- Logout using the command exit.
Notes
Authentication Manager service names
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Service
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Description
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all
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All Authentication Manager services (default)
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console
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RSA Console Server
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biztier
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RSA Runtime Server
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admin
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RSA Administration Server with Operations Console
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db
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RSA Database Server
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primary_replication (primary only)
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RSA Replication (Primary)
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replica_replication (replica only)
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RSA Replication (Replica)
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radiusoc
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RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console
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radius
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RSA RADIUS Server
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Command examples
- Checking the status of all Authentication Manager 8.1 services:
rsaadmin@app81p:/opt/rsa/am/server> ./rsaserv status all RSA Database Server [RUNNING] RSA Administration Server with Operations Console [RUNNING] RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console [RUNNING] RSA Runtime Server [RUNNING] RSA RADIUS Server [RUNNING] RSA Console Server [RUNNING] RSA Replication (Primary) [RUNNING] rsaadmin@app81p:/opt/rsa/am/server>
- Restarting the database service without restarting dependent services:
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server> ./rsaserv restart db nodep Stopping RSA Database Server: * RSA Database Server [SHUTDOWN] Starting RSA Database Server: / RSA Database Server [RUNNING] rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server>
- Restarting the RADIUS server:
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server> ./rsaserv restart radius Stopping RSA RADIUS Server: */ RSA Database Server [RUNNING] RSA RADIUS Server [SHUTDOWN] Starting RSA Database Server: Starting RSA Administration Server with Operations Console: RSA Administration Server with Operations Console [RUNNING] Starting RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console: RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console [RUNNING] Starting RSA Runtime Server: * RSA Runtime Server [RUNNING] Starting RSA RADIUS Server: * RSA RADIUS Server [RUNNING] rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server>
- Starting the replication service on the primary:
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server> ./rsaserv start primary_replication Starting RSA Database Server: -RSA Database Server [RUNNING] Starting RSA Replication (Primary): ** RSA Replication (Primary) [RUNNING] rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server>
- Stopping all services except for the admin console:
rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server> ./rsaserv stop all exclude admin Stopping RSA RADIUS Server: * RSA RADIUS Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Runtime Server: *** RSA Runtime Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Console Server: ** RSA Console Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Replication (Primary): ** RSA Replication (Primary) [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Database Server: * RSA Database Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console: ** RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console [SHUTDOWN] rsaadmin@am82p:/opt/rsa/am/server>
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