Start, Stop, or Restart Tenable Security Center Director

Required User Role: Root user

When Tenable Security Center is installed, the required services are started by default.

To change the status of Tenable Security Center Director:

Log in to Tenable Security Center Director via the command line interface (CLI).
In the CLI in Tenable Security Center Director, run the following command to check the status of your Tenable Security Center Director:
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```
# service SecurityCenter status
```
The system indicates whether Tenable Security Center Director is running or stopped.
Run one of the following commands to change the status of your Tenable Security Center Director:
- To start Tenable Security Center Director, run:
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```
# /bin/systemctl start SecurityCenter
```
- To stop Tenable Security Center Director, run:
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```
# /bin/systemctl stop SecurityCenter
```
- To restart Tenable Security Center Director, run:
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```
# /bin/systemctl restart SecurityCenter
```