2.4 Stopping and Restarting the Administration Server

At times, you might want to create the administration server instance afresh with new settings. Before attempting to re-create the administration server, you should stop the running administration server as described in this section. In some situations, such as when you change the administrator password or the administrator server port, for the changes to take effect, you should restart the administration server as described in this section.

You can stop and restart the administration server by using either the administration console or the CLI.

Note:

If you stop the administration server, the administration console will not be available again until you restart the administration server.

Stopping and Restarting the Administration Server Using the Administration Console

To stop or restart the administration server by using the administration console, do the following:

1. Log in to the administration console, as described in Section 2.3.2, "Accessing the Administration Console."

2. Click the Nodes button near the upper left corner of the page.

   A list of available nodes is displayed.

3. From the list of nodes, select Administration Server.

4. In the Common Tasks pane, click Restart or Stop.

   A dialog box is displayed prompting you to confirm restarting or stopping the administration server. Click OK.

If you clicked Restart, then, after the administration server restarts, the log-in page of the administration console is displayed.

If you clicked Stop, then, after the administration server stops, a dialog box is displayed indicating that the browser is unable to communicate with the administration server. Start the administration server as described in Section 2.2, "Starting the Administration Server." Then, click the Reload button in the dialog box to bring up the log-in page of the administration console.

Stopping the Administration Server Using the CLI

To stop the administration server, run the stop-admin command:

> $ORACLE_HOME/bin/tadm stop-admin --user=admin_server_user --port=admin_server_port node_host

node_host is the name or IP address of the host on which the administration server instance is deployed.

At the prompt, enter the administration user password.

After the administration server shuts down, the following message is displayed:

OTD-70201 Command 'stop-admin' ran successfully.

Note:

Stopping the administration server has no effect on the state of Oracle Traffic Director instances.

Restarting the Administration Server Using the CLI

To restart the administration server by using the CLI, run the following command:

> $ORACLE_HOME/bin/tadm restart-admin --user=admin_server_user --port=admin_server_port node_host

node_host is the name or IP address of the host on which the administration server instance is deployed.

At the prompt, enter the administration user password.

After the administration server restarts, the following message is displayed:

OTD-70201 Command 'restart-admin' ran successfully.

Note:

Alternatively, you can use the following commands to stop and restart the administration server:

> $INSTANCE_HOME/admin-server/bin/stopserv

> $INSTANCE_HOME/admin-server/bin/restart