How to restart a service from the command line

Introduction

Services on a cPanel server may be restarted from the "Restart Services" interface in WHM or from the command line. This article provides the procedure to restart a service from the command line.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Run the restartsrv script for the desired service.

   /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_SERVICE

   Please note that "SERVICE" must be replaced with the appropriate service name (i.e., httpd, exim, sshd, etc.).

Additional resources

How to Restart Services: Restart services in the WHM interface