VPS & Dedicated Hosting: Restarting Services
When appropriately managed, a VPS or Dedicated Server involves knowing how and when to restart services when needed. This guide from Bluehost provides clear instructions on how to restart services individually or the entire server through the Web Host Manager (WHM). Knowing these processes lets you troubleshoot issues more efficiently and maintain optimal server performance without downtime. This article will guide you on restarting services, specifically the Dedicated or VPS server.
It's best to restart only the service that is 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, please see Log in to WHM.
If this is your first time logging in to the WHM, you may check a page titled " Feature Showcase. " At the very bottom of the page, select Exit to WHM.
Once logged in:
- In the top-left search bar, type "Restart."
- Under the Restart Services, select the service you want to restart.
If you aren't sure which service to restart, restart each service individually until you find the one that resolves the problem.
- Select the Yes button to restart the service.
- Wait for the service to be restarted, then double-check if your problem has been resolved.
Restarting the Server
Your Bluehost Account Manager can quickly restart the server.
If you have already tried restarting individual services and still need to reboot the full system, it's best to contact support so we can see the server safely reboot. Occasionally, a reboot may not complete successfully and cause unintended issues 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.
- Log in to your Bluehost Account Manager.
- Click the Hosting tab on the left side of your screen.
- Choose the Hosting Package name you want to manage under the All My Hosting Packages section.
- If you have multiple Hosting packages on your account, click the MANAGE button on the Hosting package you want to manage.
- If you only have one Hosting package on your account, you will be redirected to the Hosting Plan page.
- Click the Reboot Server button.
Once the reboot is done, it should switch back to running. Then you can double-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 summarized in this guide, you can restart a single service or 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 it 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.