Controller 26.3
Controller Reference

# ControlMethod

The control method to use to start, restart, or stop the service.

You can use one of the following values:

- `SCM`. Use Windows services to control services.

  If you use the `SCM` control method, you must set the SCMServiceName parameter.

- `Script`. Use a Linux script to control services. The Controller server uses the script that you specified in the parameter for the AddService or EditServiceInfo actions.
- `Process`. Use a server process to start, restart, or stop the service.

NOTE: For the `UpdateServiceConfig` action, you need to set the `ControlMethod` parameter only when you set `RestartService` to `True`.

Actions: | AddService, EditServiceInfo, RestartService, StartService, StopService, UpdateServiceConfig
Type: | String
Default: | `Process`
Required: | No
Example: | `ControlMethod=SCM`
See Also: | InitScriptPath RestartService (action parameter)

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Controller 26.3

Topic Title: ControlMethod