Services

BrickStor uses internal services to provide various functions. All of these services are expected to be enabled and healthy. To check the status of the services, using the Hub, navigate to the Services page.

Managing services is advanced functionality that should only be done with guidance from RackTop support.

Restarting a service

To restart a service, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Services page.

  2. Find the desired service to restart.

  3. Click the settings button (Gear) next to the service name and choose Restart Service.

  4. In the confirmation dialog, click Restart.

Disabling a service

Services should not be disabled unless otherwise instructed by RackTop support.

To disable a service, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Services page.

  2. Find the desired service to disable.

  3. Click the settings button (Gear) next to the service name and choose Disable Service.

  4. Enter the reason for disabling the service.

  5. In the confirmation dialog, click Disable.

Enabling a service

To enable a previously disabled service, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Services page.

  2. Find the desired service to enable.

  3. Click the settings button (Gear) next to the service name and choose Enable Service.

  4. In the confirmation dialog, click Enable.

Refreshing a service

To refresh a service, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Services page.

  2. Find the desired service to refresh.

  3. Click the settings button (Gear) next to the service name and choose Refresh Service.

  4. In the confirmation dialog, click Refresh.

View service log

The service log of a service will document any administrative interactions with that service, such as starting, stopping, restarting, or refreshing the service.

To view the service log of a specific service, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Services page.

  2. Find the desired service to view the service log.

  3. Click the settings button (Gear) next to the service name and choose View Service Log.

View daemon log

Daemon logs record the activity and errors of background system processes. They’re used for monitoring and troubleshooting system services.

To view the daemon log of a specific service, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Services page.

  2. Find the desired service to view the daemon log.

  3. Click the settings button (Gear) next to the service name and choose View Daemon Log.