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A.04

Linux service management

See every server’s services in one table. “Is httpd running everywhere?” takes a single row: how many servers have it, how many are up and how many aren’t monitored. Before you restart Apache/httpd or any other service, the panel tells you how many sites it will touch.

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02 / FigurePanel screen
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app.ctapanel.com/servicesServices9 servers · 43 servicesRestart selectedServices43Running39Stopped2Unmonitored4raise no alertsServiceFleet spreadStateMonitoredhttpd9 / 9all upmysql9 / 9all upexim7 / 7all upcsf4 / 51 downimunify3602 / 31 downRestart httpd?198 sites and 1,204 mailboxes on web02.fra will be briefly affected.RestartCancelThe panel’s own service is listed but cannot be stopped: stopping it would cut access to the panel.0102030405
  1. 01Fleet spreadHow many servers have a service and how many run it: “is httpd up everywhere” is one row.
  2. 02Same state as the profileWhen a service changes state, its row in the server profile updates too: both screens show the same truth.
  3. 03Switches per serviceMonitoring and start-on-boot are per service; anything restarting 4+ times in 24 hours is flagged.
  4. 04Impact in numbersWeb, database and panel services affect every site on the server; mail services affect mailboxes.
  5. 05Panel service stays upThe panel’s own service cannot be stopped; that would cut access to the panel, so the action is closed.
Fig. 02 — Linux service management
03 / What it does5 points

What it does.

When you restart a service, the confirmation says “198 sites and 1,204 mailboxes on this server will be briefly affected”. You know what to tell the customer before you click. Services that keep restarting themselves are flagged too, since that is usually where the real problem is. You can’t stop the panel’s own service, because stopping it would take your access with it.

  1. Fleet spread by service name: how many servers have it, how many run it and how many are unmonitored. “Is httpd up everywhere?” becomes one row.

  2. The restart confirmation puts a number on the impact. Web, database, panel and runtime services affect every site on that server; mail services affect mailboxes.

  3. The panel’s own service can’t be stopped. Stopping it would cut access to the panel, so the action is closed from the start.

  4. Monitoring and start-on-boot are set per service. Anything that restarts four or more times in 24 hours is flagged separately.

  5. When a service changes state, its row in the server profile updates too, so both screens always agree.

04 / Panel-by-panel support4 / 4 panels

Which panels support it?

Capability Service control (start/stop)

  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel
  • yesManaged from the panel

Servers without a control panel have no account, reseller or mailbox management, because those come from the panel itself. Firewall, DNS, services and the terminal work over SSH. See the full table

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