Restart (command)

Created by Yuriy Andamasov, Modified on Wed, 17 Jan at 2:14 PM by Srividya Anantapatnaikuni

Article review date
2024-01-17
Validated for VyOS versions
1.2.5, 1.3.5, 1.4.0, 1.5.x

The restart command allows you to gracefully restart individual routing daemons, services and system daemons in the background.

vyos@vyos:~$ restart

Possible completions:
  all           Restart all routing daemons
  bfd           Restart Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) daemon
  bgp           Restart Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing daemon
  cluster       Restart cluster node
  conntrack-sync
                Restart connection tracking synchronization service
  dhcp          Restart DHCP processes
  dhcpv6        Restart DHCPv6 processes
  dns           Restart specific DNS service
  flow-accounting
                Restart (net)flow accounting process
  igmp-proxy    Restart the IGMP proxy process
  ipoe-server   Restart IPoE server process
  isis          Restart Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) routing daemon
  openconnect-server
                Restart openconnect server process
  ospf          Restart Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing daemon
  ospfv3        Restart IPv6 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv3) routing daemon
  pppoe-server  Restart PPPoE server process
  rip           Restart Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing daemon
  ripng         Restart Routing Information Protocol NG (RIPng) routing daemon
  snmp          Restart SNMP service
  ssh           Restart SSH service
  static        Restart static routing daemon
  vpn           Restart IPsec VPN
  vrrp          Restart VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) process
  wan-load-balance
                Restart WAN load balancing
  webproxy      Restart WebProxy service
  zebra         Restart Routing Information Base (RIB) manager daemon

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