HCX - How to restart HCX Manager services.

Products

• VMware HCX

Issue/Introduction

Explain the steps to restart the HCX services from HCX UI and CLI.

Symptoms:
After applying configuration changes in the HCX manager it will require a restart of the services.

Resolution

To restart services (source and cloud):

• Using HCX Manager UI:
  • Access HCX Manager on port 9443
  • Click the button to stop the service and then restart it once the option is available
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  •  Refresh the browser and confirm that the services are up and running.

 

• Using CLI:
  • SSH HCX Manager
  • Use "admin" credentials to SSH into the HCX Connector or Cloud Manager and change the user to "root".
  • Restart the services as shown below:
    • # systemctl restart app-engine
    • # systemctl restart web-engine
    • # systemctl restart appliance-management
  • Validate that the services are running again.
    • # systemctl status app-engine
    • # systemctl status web-engine
    • # systemctl status appliance-management