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February 11, 2026

Technical Tip: How to restart FortiSandbox daemons via the CLI

  • February 11, 2026
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Description This article describes how to restart FortiSandbox daemons using the Command Line Interface (CLI).
Scope FortiSandbox firmware 5.0.5 and above.
Solution

FortiSandbox provides the ability to restart specific daemons such as ICAP, OFTPD, and others directly from the CLI.

 

Display Available Daemons:

 

To view the full list of daemons that can be restarted, run the following command:

 

restart-daemon -h 

 

Restart a Specific Daemon (Example: ICAP):

 

To restart a specific daemon such as ICAP, execute:

 

restart-daemon ICAP 

 

Restart-ICAP.png

 

The following are example logs generated under Log & Report -> Events -> System Events upon command execution.

 

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