Service start, stop, and status controls

Use the following controls and commands to start, stop, or check the status of the Security Console and Scan Engine services.

Service controls are organized according to the operating system of the host machine:

Linux

Service commands for Linux installations depend on the init system. Inspect /sbin/init to determine if your system is using systemd or sysV.

systemd - init is a symbolic link to /lib/systemd/systemd. sysV - init is a real executable.

systemd commands

Function

Security Console

Scan Engine

Start

systemctl start nexposeconsole

systemctl start nexposeengine

Stop

systemctl stop nexposeconsole

systemctl stop nexposeengine

Status

systemctl status nexposeconsole

systemctl status nexposeengine

sysV commands

Function

Security Console

Scan Engine

Start

service nexposeconsole start

service nexposeengine start

Stop

service nexposeconsole stop

service nexposeengine stop

Status

service nexposeconsole status

service nexposeengine status

Windows

Your Security Console installation includes dedicated start and stop applets:

  1. Open your Start menu.
  2. Browse to the “Rapid7” folder.
  3. Run the Start Security Console Service or Stop Security Console Service applet as required.

Alternatively, you can start, stop, and check the status of the Security Console, Scan Engine, and database services from Windows Services Manager:

  1. Open your Start menu.
  2. Click Run.
  3. Enter services.msc in the provided field. Click OK.
  4. Browse to the following services to check their status:
  • "Security Console PostgreSQL Server"
  • "Nexpose Security Console"
  • "Nexpose Scan Engine"
  1. Right click the service to stop and start as required.