{"id":12262,"date":"2021-11-02T08:43:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T08:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2024-04-23T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T11:10:49","slug":"start-stop-restart-system-services-plesk-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/start-stop-restart-system-services-plesk-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start, Stop or Restart System Services on a Plesk Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>System services like Apache, MySQL, etc. are the most vital components of a server. Still, there may be times when you have to start, restart or stop the system services on your DV server that you can via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/blog\/hosting\/what-is-plesk\/\">control panel like Plesk<\/a>. It could be any reason like- applying new configurations, temporary malfunction or\u00a0server crash.<\/p>\n<h2>To Start, Stop or Restart System Services<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in as an <em>administrator<\/em> in Plesk.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the <strong>Tools and Settings<\/strong> option from the side menu.<\/p>\n<p>3. Go to the <strong>Server Management<\/strong> section and click on <strong>Services Management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/plesk_services_management.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1563\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Services section will open, listing all the available services on your DV server.<\/p>\n<p>See the little icon buttons in front of the services? They represent the functions-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Start<\/strong>: Green-colored <em>Play\/arrow<\/em>\u00a0icon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop<\/strong>: Red-colored <em>Stop\/box<\/em> icon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Restart<\/strong>: Yellow-colored <em>Restart<\/em><em>\/<\/em><em>r<\/em><em>eplay<\/em>\u00a0icon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/plesk_services_start_stop_restart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1346\" height=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-info kb-wisdom-wrapr-blue\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If a button is not clickable and grey-colored, that means the function is inactive at the moment. Similarly, if all buttons are grey, it would mean that the service is not activated or not installed on the server.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is how you manage or start, stop and restart the system services of your DV server in Plesk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>System services like Apache, MySQL, etc. are the most vital components of a server. Still, there may be times when you have to start, restart or stop the system services on your DV server that you can via a control panel like Plesk. 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