Stop/restart ActiveGate

You can use the following commands to stop/restart ActiveGate.

You'll need root privileges to execute these commands.

service deskgateway start|stop|forcestop

deskgateway is the init.d script for ActiveGate. The difference between stop and forcestop is that the stop command instructs the process to start its shutdown routine, while forcestop forces the process shutdown.

You can alternatively use the following command

service deskgateway status

to query the current status of an ActiveGate.

On Windows

On Windows, stopping/starting the ActiveGate service can be done using the Windows Task Manager, on the Services tab. Specifically for stopping and starting the service, you can use the following commands:

net stop|start "DESK Gateway"

If you want to start ActiveGate in a secured way using HTTPS, you have to set the port-ssl property in custom.properties, while if you want to start ActiveGate using HTTP, you have to set the port property in custom.properties. Note that the secure way is the default and recommended one. However, you might want to choose this option for performance reasons, if you have, for example, a load balancer installed in front of the Cluster ActiveGate that terminates incoming SSL connections from outside your premises (see the third deployment scenario).