This article describes how to restart a daemon or process on FortiWeb using CLI.
Scope
FortiWeb version 7.6 and later.
Solution
Run the command 'diagnose system ps | grep <daemon required>' to identify the process ID for the one intended. For example: If it is required to restart proxyd then from the command output, its PID is 3346:
diagnose system ps | grep proxyd
3336 root 110m S /bin/adfsproxyd
3346 root 3925m S /bin/proxyd <--------- Current PID value is 3346.
29239 root 2844 S /bin/cli_grep proxyd
Restart the required daemon/ process using the 'diagnose system kill 9 <PID>'.
To restart proxyd using the PID value obtained:
diagnose system kill 9 3346
After a few seconds, confirm that restart was successful by using 'diagnose system ps | grep <daemon required>' by confirming that the PID changed and the state is back to the S state:
diagnose system ps | grep proxyd
3336 root 110m S /bin/adfsproxyd
29806 root 1889m S /bin/proxyd <--------- Value changed to 29806 and state is S.
30138 root 2844 S /bin/cli_grep proxyd
Note: As the command 'diagnose system ps | grep proxyd' has been introduced in version 7.6.0, the command 'fn ps | grep proxyd' can be used instead with versions 7.0, 7.2 and 7.4.
