Managing Services in the GUI

Services are managed (added, started, restarted, stopped, edited, and deleted) in the Services & Policies dialog. Open the Services & Policies dialog by clicking .

Tip: Right-click a service to copy its ID or error (if present) to your clipboard.

Add a Service

Create a new service by clicking Create a new service. Select the type of service (Watch or Watch Folder). If you select Watch Folder, a Watch service is automatically created if one does not exist for the user running the Watch Folder service.

Note: If you added a service outside of the GUI (by using asrun commands, Creating, Managing, and Configuring Services), the services do not appear in the list of services until the list is refreshed. The Node API user must have permissions to view all services if the services were created for another user.

Search for a Service

Search for services by entering an expression in the text field and clicking Retrieve all services. The expression is matched to values in any of the columns, lowercase column names can be used to restrict filtering, and multiple expressions can be entered as a comma-separated list. For example, to search for stopped Watch Folder services, enter "service-type=watch folder, stopped".

Start or Restart a Service

Right click the service and click Start service if the service is stopped, or Restart service if the service is running.

Stop a Service

Double-click the service, or select the service and then click Edit service, to open the Edit Service dialog. To stop the service, clear Enabled and click OK. The state of the service is reported as Stopping and then Stopped.

Edit a Service

Double-click the service, or select the service and then click Edit service, to open the Edit Service dialog. In this dialog you can update the password for the system user and enable or disable the service.

Delete a Service

Select the service you want to delete and click Delete the selected service. Confirm the deletion. Deletions cannot be undone.