Starting and Stopping Icinga
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## Starting and Stopping Icinga

There are different ways to start, stop, and restart Icinga. Depending on your installation, the most common example will be shown... In case of using the init script make sure you have performed

    make install-init

or

    make fullinstall

Tip: Always make sure you the section called “Verifying Your Configuration” before you (re)start Icinga.

Starting Icinga

1. Init Script: The easiest way to start Icinga is by using the init script:

       /etc/init.d/icinga start

2. Manually: You can start Icinga manually with the -d command line option:

       /usr/local/icinga/bin/icinga -d /usr/local/icinga/etc/icinga.cfg

Restarting Icinga

Restarting/reloading is nececessary after you modified your configuration files and want those changes to take effect.

1. Init Script: The easiest way to reload/restart Icinga is by using the init script:

       /etc/init.d/icinga reload

   or

       /etc/init.d/icinga restart

2. Manually: You can restart Icinga by sending it a SIGHUP signal:

       kill -HUP <icinga_pid>

Stopping Icinga

1. Init Script: The easiest way to stop Icinga is by using the init script:

       /etc/init.d/icinga stop

2. Manually: You can stop by sending it a SIGTERM signal:

       kill <icinga_pid>

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