[KB7729] Stop or restart the ESET PROTECT Server service

Issue

Solution

Use caution when restarting ESET PROTECT Services

Always be careful when restarting the ESET PROTECT Server or other ESET PROTECT On-Prem services. This action can:

  • affect other users using the ESET PROTECT Server
  • interrupt running server tasks or postpone their execution (especially if throttling is used)
  • lead to loss of unsaved settings or other unsaved information
  • cause additional CPU and network load

Restart the ESET PROTECT On-Prem service only if necessary.

Restart the service on Windows systems

Linux users, click here.

  1. Click Start → Run, type services.msc and then click OK.

    Figure 1-1
  2. Locate the ESET PROTECT Server service in the Services window, right-click it and select Stop or Restart from the context menu.

    Figure 1-2
Restart other ESET PROTECT On-Prem services

You can also modify (restart, stop, start) other ESET PROTECT On-Prem services.


Restart the service on Linux systems

Different Linux distributions use various commands to start and restart services. Some distributions provide GUI tools for this purpose (for example, bum). 

The most common commands for service management among Linux distributions are:

  • systemctl
  • service
  • /etc/init.d/...
Root privileges are required

Root privileges are required to run the command successfully. Use sudo or log in as root.

To restart the ESET PROTECT Server on a Linux system, stop the service, then restart using commands such as the ones shown below:

systemctl start eraserver
systemctl stop eraserver

or

service eraserver start
service eraserver stop

or

/etc/init.d/eraserver start
/etc/init.d/eraserver stop

 

Restart other ESET PROTECT On-Prem services

These examples can be modified to restart / start / stop  other ESET PROTECT On-Prem services such as eraagent or eraproxy.

To view a list of running programs, run top  or htop (exit the program by typing q). If you want to find out which ESET PROTECT On-Prem components are running, run htop and press the F3 key to search for the keyword era.