VPS & Dedicated Hosting: Restarting Services
Managing your VPS or Dedicated Server effectively includes knowing the process of restarting services when necessary. This guide from Bluehost provides detailed instructions on how to restart individual services or the entire server through the Web Host Manager (WHM). By understanding these processes, you can troubleshoot issues more efficiently and maintain optimal server performance without unnecessary downtime.
This article will explain how to restart your Dedicated or VPS server.
Note: When possible, it's best to restart only the service having issues on your server instead of restarting the entire server.
Restarting a Single Service
To begin, you will need to log in to WHM. If you have never done this before, please see Log in to WHM.
Note: If this is your first time logging into the WHM, you may see a page titled "Feature Showcase." Click on Exit to WHM at the bottom of the page.
Once logged in:
- In the top-left search bar, type "Restart."
- Under the Restart Services, select the service you want to restart.
Tip: If you aren't sure which service to restart, you can restart each service one at a time to see if it resolves your issue.
- Click the Yes button to restart the service.
- Wait for the service to be restarted, then check if your issue has been resolved.
Restarting the Server
The server can be quickly restarted from your Bluehost Account Manager
Note: If you have tried to restart individual services and still need to do a full system reboot, it's best to contact support so we can watch the server reboot safely. Occasionally, a reboot can fail and cause unintended problems like "FSCK" and other data loss and corruption types. FSCK (file system consistency check) is a command that is usually run non-interactively to preen the file systems after an abrupt system halt. The last file system updates were not written to disk. Preening automatically corrects any ordinary file system inconsistency, but it will not attempt to recover from more serious damage.
- Login to your Bluehost Account Manager
- Click the hosting tab from the navigation menu that stretches across the top of your screen.
- Click on the performance from the sub-menu.
- From the side navigation menu to the left, click the server management on the left side.
- Click the reboot button.
The server is: status should change from running to "Rebooting."
Once the reboot is finished, it should change back to running. Then you can check if your issue has been resolved.
Summary
This will summarize that restarting services on your VPS or dedicated server should be considered a mandatory action to ensure performance on your server and troubleshoot problems within the shortest time possible. With the steps outlined in this guide, you'll be able to restart either a single service or restart the entire server if necessary without causing inconvenience to your activities. Complete guide on Bluehost guides you with full confidence over your server and keeps running.
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You may also refer to our Knowledge Base articles to help answer common questions and guide you through various setup, configuration, and troubleshooting steps.