Managing the BigFix Services

Procedure to manage the services.

You can start, stop, restart, or query the status of Linux BigFix services using the service command, when available, as shown below:
service service stop
service service start
service service restart
service service status

Alternatively, for the RHEL, SUSE and derived distributions listed below:

  1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  2. CentOS
  3. Oracle Linux
  4. Amazon Linux
  5. Rocky Linux
  6. SUSE
  7. OpenSUSE Leap
It is possible to use the following commands:
systemctl stop service
systemctl start service
systemctl restart service
systemctl status service
For the others Linux distributions supported by BigFix Platform, it is possible to use the following commands:
/etc/init.d/service stop
/etc/init.d/service start
/etc/init.d/service restart
/etc/init.d/service status
Note: Up to BigFix Version 11.0.1, for backward compatibility reasons, it is possible to use the commands above also to manage the services of RHEL, SUSE and derived distributions listed above.
where service can be one of the following services: 
besclient
besexplorer
besfilldb
besgatherdb
bespluginportal
besrelay
besserver
beswebreports
beswebui
Note: Ensure you do not use the systemctl command to manage a service, except on RHEL, SUSE and derived distributions.
If you installed the BES Server Plugin Service (MFS), use these commands to start and stop it, up to BigFix Version 11.0.2:
service mfs start
service mfs stop
or 
/etc/init.d/mfs start
/etc/init.d/mfs stop
while you can use these commands to start and stop it, from BigFix Version 11.0.3 or later.
systemtcl start mfs
systemtcl stop mfs