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Chapter 2. Stopping and starting MicroShift

Chapter 2. Stopping and starting MicroShift

You can stop or start MicroShift for a variety of reasons, including a fresh installation, adding optional RPM packages, and troubleshooting.

2.1. Starting the MicroShift service
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Use the following procedure to start the MicroShift service.

Prerequisites

You have installed MicroShift from an RPM package.

Procedure

As a root user, start the MicroShift service by entering the following command:
```
sudo systemctl start microshift
```
```
$ sudo systemctl start microshift
```
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Optional: To configure your RHEL machine to start MicroShift when your machine starts, enter the following command:
```
sudo systemctl enable microshift
```
```
$ sudo systemctl enable microshift
```
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Optional: To disable MicroShift from automatically starting when your machine starts, enter the following command:
```
sudo systemctl disable microshift
```
```
$ sudo systemctl disable microshift
```
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Note
The first time that the MicroShift service starts, it downloads and initializes the container images for MicroShift. As a result, it can take several minutes for MicroShift to start the first time that the service is deployed. Boot time is reduced for subsequent starts of the MicroShift service.

2.2. Stopping the MicroShift service
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Use the following procedure to stop the MicroShift service.

Prerequisites

The MicroShift service is running.

Procedure

Enter the following command to stop the MicroShift service:
```
sudo systemctl stop microshift
```
```
$ sudo systemctl stop microshift
```
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Workloads deployed on MicroShift might continue running even after the MicroShift service has been stopped. Enter the following command to display running workloads:
```
sudo crictl ps -a
```
```
$ sudo crictl ps -a
```
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Enter the following commands to stop the deployed workloads:
```
sudo systemctl stop kubepods.slice
```
```
$ sudo systemctl stop kubepods.slice
```
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