Service Manager (Need more information on this topic?)

Location: Service Configuration/Service Manager

What does the Service Manager do? The Service Manager area enables you to start and stop available services on your server.

1. The following services are available:

• antirelayd - The Daemon controlling POP before SMTP

• clamd - ClamAV Virus Scanner

• entropychat - cPanel's HTML-based Chat Server

• exim - SMTP Server

• eximstats - Daemon that monitors SMTP Bandwidth usage.

• httpd - Web Server (Apache)

• interchange - Shopping Cart (E-Commerce) Server

• melange - Java-based Chat Server

• mysql - mySQL Database Server

• named - name server (BIND)

• pop - POP3 Mail Server

• postgresql - PostgreSQL Database Server

• spamd - SpamAssassin server                                                                     
  
  Note: If you choose to disable this, you need to disable the SpamAssassin option from all customers as well. Refer to Tweaking Settings for more information on disabling this setting.
   

• syslogd - Daemon for logging system issues / activity.

• tomcat - Tomcat JSP Server (if installed).

• exim on another port - Run another copy of exim on a different port number, as some providers block 25, the standard port number.

2. When the page loads, you will see a list of all of the above options. The options are listed in a three-column table containing the following information:

• Enabled

• Monitor

• Service Information

3. Click on any of the associated check boxes to activate the option setting (Enabled/Monitored). If a check box does not contain a checkmark, it will not be activated.

4. Once you have completed checking your options, click on the "Save" button.

5. You should see a statement similar to the following:

"Service Changes Complete"