Software Logger Command Line Options

This topic applies to Software Loggers only.

The loggerd command enables you to start or stop the Logger software running on your machine. In addition, the command includes a number of subcommands that you can use to control other processes that run as part of the Logger software.

Note: If your Logger is installed to run as a system service, you can use your operating system’s service command to start, stop, or check the status of a process on Logger. The default service name is arcsight_logger.

<install_dir>/current/arcsight/logger/bin/loggerd {start|stop|restart|status|quit}

<install_dir>/current/arcsight/logger/bin/loggerd {start <process_name> | stop <process_name> | restart <process_name>}

To view the processes that can be started, stopped, or restarted with loggerd, click System Admin from the top-level menu bar. Then, under System, pick Process Status. The processes are listed on the right under Processes.

The following table describes the subcommands available with loggerd and their purpose.

Command	Purpose
loggerd start	Start all processes listed under the System and Process sections. Use this command to launch Logger.
loggerd stop	Stop processes listed under the Process section only. Use this command when you want to leave loggerd running but all other processes stopped. Important: Micro Focus recommends that you do not stop the servers process. To shut down Logger, use the `loggerd stop` or `quit` commands. Never stop the Logger servers process while events are still coming in, this can cause data loss. If you must stop the servers process, be sure to stop the receivers process first, then stop the servers process.
loggerd restart	This command restarts processes listed under the Process section only. Note: When the `loggerd restart` command is used to restart Logger, the status message for the “aps” process displays this message: Process ‘aps’ Execution failed. After a few seconds, the message changes to: Process ‘aps’ running.
loggerd status	Display the status of all processes.
loggerd quit	Stops all processes listed under the System and Process sections. Use this command to stop Logger.
`loggerd start <process_name>`	Start the named process. For example, `loggerd start apache`
`loggerd stop <process_name>`	Stop the named process. For example, `loggerd stop apache`
`loggerd restart <process_name>`	Restart the named process. For example, `loggerd restart apache`

Command

Purpose

loggerd start

Start all processes listed under the System and Process sections. Use this command to launch Logger.

loggerd stop

Stop processes listed under the Process section only. Use this command when you want to leave loggerd running but all other processes stopped.

Important: Micro Focus recommends that you do not stop the servers process. To shut down Logger, use the loggerd stop or quit commands.

Never stop the Logger servers process while events are still coming in, this can cause data loss. If you must stop the servers process, be sure to stop the receivers process first, then stop the servers process.

loggerd restart

This command restarts processes listed under the Process section only.

Note: When the loggerd restart command is used to restart Logger, the status message for the “aps” process displays this message:

Process ‘aps’ Execution failed.

After a few seconds, the message changes to:

Process ‘aps’ running.

loggerd status

Display the status of all processes.

loggerd quit

Stops all processes listed under the System and Process sections. Use this command to stop Logger.

loggerd start <process_name>

Start the named process. For example, loggerd start apache

loggerd stop <process_name>

Stop the named process. For example, loggerd stop apache

loggerd restart <process_name>

Restart the named process. For example, loggerd restart apache