7.5. Starting and Stopping Servers

7.5.1. Starting and Stopping Directory Server

There are two ways to start, stop, or restart the Directory Server:

There are scripts in the instance directories. For example:

/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/start-slapd
/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/restart-slapd
/usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance/stop-slapd

The Directory Server service can also be stopped and started using system tools on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris. For example, Linux uses the service tool:
```
service dirsrv {start|stop|restart} instance
```
Solaris uses /etc/init.d:
```
/etc/init.d/dirsrv {start|stop|restart} instance
```

The Directory Server instance name can be specific in both the start|stop|restart-slapd and system scripts. If an instance name is not given, the start or stop operation applies to all instances on the machine.

7.5.2. Starting and Stopping Administration Server

There are two ways to start, stop, or restart the Administration Server:

There are scripts in the /usr/sbin directory.
```
/usr/sbin/start|stop|restart-ds-admin
```
The Administration Server service can also be stopped and started using system tools on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris. For example, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the command is service:
```
service dirsrv-admin {start|stop|restart}
```
On Solaris, the service is init.d:
```
/etc/init.d/dirsrv-admin {start|stop|restart}
```