What is the best way to stop, start or restart the Engine?
Question:
The Engine needs to be restarted. What is the best practice to stop, start or restart an Engine?
Answer:
It is best practice to restart the Engine using the Nexthink Console. In order to do that, follow this procedure:
Open a browser and type the URL pointing to the Appliance hosting the Engine you want to restart.
(replace the FQDN with the fully qualified domain name of your Appliance)
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Enter the credentials (by default admin/admin)
Open the Engine tab.
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Click on the "Stop" button.
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Wait for the status to change.
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Click on the "Start" button.
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Wait for the status to change.
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