The restartsrv Script

Last modified: July 28, 2022

Overview

The /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv script restarts a service. If a service wont restart from WHM, use this script to restart a service from the command line.

Run the script

To run this script on the command line, use the following format, where service is the services name:

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_service

Options

Use the following options with this script:

Services

This script restarts the following services:

• apache or httpd  The Apache® web server daemon.
• apache_php_fpm  The Apache PHP-FPM service.
• bind  The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) nameserver daemon.
• chkservd or tailwatch  cPanel & WHMs TailWatch log processing service.
• clamd  The ClamAV® antivirus daemon.
• cpanalysticsd  The cPanel Analytics daemon.
• cpanellogd  The cPanel log and bandwidth processor daemon.
• cpanel_ccs  The cPanel Calendar and Contacts server service.
• cpanel_dovecot_solr  The Apache Solr service.
• cpanel_php_fpm  The cPanel PHP-FPM service.
• cpdavd  cPanel & WHMs WebDAV daemon.
• cpgreylistd  cPanels Greylisting.
• cphulkd  The cPHulk service.
• cpipv6  Binds or rebinds the servers IPv6 addresses.
• cpsrvd or cpanel  The cPanel server daemon.
• crond  The Cron daemon.
  Note:

  While Debian® systems (Ubuntu®) use the cron daemon, you can use crond as the service name when running the script.

• dnsadmin  The cPanel Domain Name System (DNS) admin cache service.
• dovecot  The Dovecot mail server.
• exim  The Exim mail exchanger.
• ftpd, ftpd, ftpmagic, or ftpserver  The configured FTP service (ProFTPD or Pure-FTPd).
• imap, pop, or pop3  The Dovecot Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) daemon.
• ipaliases  The IP address aliasing software.
• lmtp  The Local Mail Transport Protocol (LMTP) service.
• mailman  The Mailman service.
• mydns  The MyDNS server.
  Important:

  We deprecated MyDNS in cPanel & WHM version 78. We strongly recommend that you use PowerDNS instead.

• mysql or mysqld  The MySQL® service.
• named  The BIND nameserver daemon.
• nscd  The Name Service Cache service.
• p0f  The passive OS fingerprinting service.
• pdns or powerdns  The PowerDNS service.
• postgres or postgresql  The PostgreSQL® database service.
• proftpd  The ProFTP server daemon.
• pureftpd  The Pure-FTPd server daemon.
• queueprocd  The TaskQueue Processor daemon.
• rsyslog or rsyslogd  The system log service that monitors the web server and system activity.
• spamd  The Apache SpamAssassin daemon.
• sshd or openssh  The Secure Shell (SSH) daemon.
• tailwatchd or chkservd  cPanels TailWatch log processing daemon.
• tomcat  The Apache Tomcat® service.

For more information about these services, read our cPanel & WHM Service Daemons documentation.

Example

To perform a hard restart for a service, use the restart and hard options. For example, to perform a hard restart for the named service:

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_named --restart --hard