Starting / Stopping / Restarting Axigen

Axigen Documentation

This section lists common commands meant to start / stop / restart the server the and the axigenfilters script for various Linux distributions and Windows.

The axigenfilters script manages (starts, stops and restarts) the Bundled SpamAssassin, the AxiMilter, the Axigen Signing Module and the Axigen Verifying Module. For the axigenfilters script commands, replace "axigen" with "axigenfilters" in all the commands below.

Linux

For Axigen on various Linux distributions (such as RedHat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, or SUSE):

  • You can start the server with the following command:

  • To stop the server, issue:

  • In order to restart the Axigen daemon (in order to reload the new configuration settings, for instance), you can use the "restart" parameter:

  • To view the status of the Axigen demon, you can pass the "status" parameter:

Windows

In Windows, Axigen can be started / stopped via the Services console from Administrative Tools. You can open the Services Console:

  • From the Control Panel as expanded menu:

    Start menuSettingsControl PanelAdministrative ToolsServices

  • From the Control Panel as window switched to "Category view":

    Start menuSettingsControl Panel: Performance and MaintenanceAdministrative ToolsServices

  • From the Control Panel as window switched to "Classic view":

    Start menuSettingsControl Panel: Administrative ToolsServices

  • To Start the Services console directly from command line:

    Start menuRun: %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc