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    debug process

    Use the debug process command to start, stop, restart a process, or check the status of a process. Services are interrupted, and traffic for the duration of the restart. Stopping or restarting a procedure should only be done under the guidance of support team.

    Command

    debug process (status (all | process name) |start |stop | restart) <process name>

    Options

    statusEnter status to check the status of a process. Enter all to check the status of all processes, or enter a process name to check the status of a specific process.
    startEnter start to start a process.
    stopEnter stop to stop a process.
    restartEnter restart to restart a process.

    Command Notes

    RoleSuper
    Related Commands—
    Introduced in Release 4.6.1

    Example

    debug process status name=dns
				dns RUNNING pid 940, uptime 5 days, 23:41:38
				debug process stop name=rtr_mgr_api
				Do you really want to stop rtr_mgr_api [y/n]: y
				rtr_mgr_api: stopped
				
				# debug process status all
				ase RUNNING pid 1498, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				ave_active_probe RUNNING pid 1499, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				ave_register RUNNING pid 1496, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				bfdd-beacon RUNNING pid 1540, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				bwm_server STOPPED Not started
			    cg_super_event_listener RUNNING pid 1476, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				cgnx_cloud_infra RUNNING pid 1501, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				charon RUNNING pid 1506, uptime 11 days, 23:29:41
				...
				debug process restart name=dhcp-server
    debug process status name=dnsmasq
dnsmasq                          RUNNING   pid 29491, uptime 4 days, 3:55:56

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