How to find out which Symantec Directory Components are running on Linux?

Products

• CA Directory

Issue/Introduction

On a Linux Symantec Directory Manager machie, sometime one may want to find out which of the three components, Directory Manager UI, dxagent, and DSA, are running.

Environment

Component : CA Directory 14.1

Cause

Unlike Windows server, Linux server does not necessarily have a facility likes "Windows Services" where one could check if a particular service is running.

Resolution

On a standard installation of a CA Directory Manager Linux server, the Directory components are installed and running under the user dsa. To find out the components that are running, you can issue the following command

ps -ef | grep dsa

and then looks for the following:

• dxserver - processes running as dxserver with other parameters are the running DSAs
• python - process similar to python dxagent_cp_engine.py is the running dxagent
• node - processes similar to management-ui/node.js/bin/node are the various components of the Directory Manager UI

One can further find out the port numbers that are being used using the following command

netstat -tulpn

and similarly looks for

• dxserver for the ports used by the DSAs
• python for the port used by the dxagent - default being 9443
• node for the ports used by the Manager UI - default being 3000 and 3100