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Restarting microservices

If you change the configuration, resources or anything else about a standalone microservice, you need to restart the microservice to apply the changes you made. This topic explains how to restart your microservice.

Procedure

  1. If your microservice runs as a Windows service (true if you used installService.ps1 to install it on a Windows machine), in your Start menu, enter the command services.msc.
    The Services window opens.
  2. In the list of services, find the microservice you want to restart, one of the following:
    • SDL Web Transport Service
    • SDL Web Monitoring Service
    • SDL Web Cache Service
    • SDL Web UGC Community Service
    • SDL Web UGC Moderation Service
    • SDL Web Content Service
    • SDL Web Deployer Service
    • SDL Web Deployer Worker Service
    • SDL Web Session Preview Service
    • SDL Web Session Content Service
    • SDL Web Context Service
    • SDL Web Contextual Image Delivery Service
  3. Right-click the item and from the context menu that opens, select Restart.
  4. Alternatively, if your microservice runs as a Java process (true if you used start.ps1 to install it on a Windows machine or start.sh to install it on a non-Windows machine), do one of the following:
    • If you are running this Java process in the background, check your Task Manager or process manager for a Java process and kill it.
    • If you are running this Java process in a window or console, close the window or console.
  5. Run start.ps1 or start.sh again, with the same parameters as you originally used.