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Windows service control operations

Windows service control operations refer to the specific command-line instructions used to manage the state of background services on Windows operating systems. These commands are typically executed within a command prompt with administrator privileges.^[600-developer-operation-maintenance-zabbix-zabbix-agentd.md]

Common Operations

The primary commands for stopping and starting services utilize the net utility.

  • Stopping a service: To halt a running service, the command net stop "Service Name" is used^[600-developer-operation-maintenance-zabbix-zabbix-agentd.md]. If the service name contains spaces, it must be enclosed in quotation marks.
  • Starting a service: To launch a stopped service, the command net start "Service Name" is used^[600-developer-operation-maintenance-zabbix-zabbix-agentd.md].

Examples

Specific examples of these commands in a development or operations context include managing the Zabbix Agent or Tomcat services^[600-developer-operation-maintenance-zabbix-zabbix-agentd.md]:

REM Stop and start the Zabbix Agent
net stop "Zabbix Agent"
net start "Zabbix Agent"

REM Stop and start Tomcat8
net stop Tomcat8
net start Tomcat8
  • [[Systemd]] (The Linux equivalent for service management)
  • [[Zabbix]]
  • [[Tomcat]]

Sources

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