Chapter 5. The Basics of Managing the IdM Server and Services

A number of different services are installed together with an IdM server, including Directory Server, Certificate Authority (CA), DNS, Kerberos, and others. Use the ipactl utility to stop, start, or restart the entire IdM server along with all the installed services.

To start the entire IdM server:

ipactl start

# ipactl start

To stop the entire IdM server:

ipactl stop

# ipactl stop

To restart the entire IdM server:

ipactl restart

# ipactl restart

If you only want to stop, start, or restart an individual service, use the systemctl utility, described in the System Administrator's Guide. For example, using systemctl to manage individual services is useful when customizing the Directory Server behavior: the configuration changes require restarting the Directory Server instance, but it is not necessary to restart all the IdM services.