All Gaia processes and daemons run by default, other than 

snmpd and dhcpd.

Child Description / Paths / Notes / Stop and Start

Daemon Section
daemon Commands / Debug

pm - Description Gaia OS Process Manager (/bin/pm). Controls

other processes and daemons.

Path /bin/pm

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop none

To Start none

confd Description Database and configuration.

Path /bin/confd

Important Note Maintenance window is required to restart this

daemon:

 When confd daemon is starting, by
design, it restarts any currently
running routed daemons (by sending a
TERM signal). It is done to avoid
possible issues in Gaia Clish (e.g.,
returning invalid results for routing-
related commands like "show
route").
 Since routed daemon is responsible for
all the routing in Gaia OS, short traffic
outage will occur while routed daemon
is being restarted.
 Since routed daemon is a Critical
Device in Check Point cluster (since
R76), cluster fail-over might occur
while routed daemon is being restarted
(refer to sk92878).

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:confd

 To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:confd t

searchd Description Search indexing daemon.

Log file /var/log/messages

Path /bin/searchd

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:searchd

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:searchd t

clishd Description Gaia Clish CLI interface process - general

information for all Clish sessions.

Path /bin/clishd

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:clishd

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:clishd t

clish Description Gaia Clish CLI interface process - Clish process

per session.

Path /bin/clish

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:clish

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:clish t

Debug Refer to sk106938

routed Description Routing daemon.

Path /bin/routed

Important Note Maintenance window is required to restart this

daemon:

 Since routed daemon is responsible for

all the routing in Gaia OS, short traffic
outage will occur while routed daemon
is being restarted.
 Since routed daemon is a Critical
Device in Check Point cluster (since
 R76), cluster fail-over might occur
while routed daemon is being restarted
(refer to sk92878).

Log file /var/log/routed.log

/var/log/routed_messages 

Configuration /etc/routed.conf
file

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:routed

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:routed t

Debug Refer to sk84520, sk101399, sk92598

httpd2 Description Web server daemon (Gaia Portal).

Path /web/cpshared/web/Apache/2.2.0/bin/httpd2

Log file /var/log/httpd2_error_log

/var/log/httpd2_access_log

Configuration /web/conf/httpd2.conf
file

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:httpd2

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:httpd2 t

Debug Refer to sk84561

monitord Description Hardware monitoring daemon.

Path /bin/monitord

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:monitord

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:monitord

t

rconfd Description Provisioning daemon.

Path /bin/rconfd

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:rconfd

 To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:rconfd t

cloningd Description Cloning Groups daemon.

Path /bin/cloningd

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:cloningd

To Start [Expert@HostName]# tellpm process:cloningd

t

dhcpd Description DHCP server daemon.

Path /usr/sbin/dhcpd

Log file /var/log/messages

Configuration /etc/dhcpd.conf
file

To Stop HostName> set dhcp server disable

or
In Gaia Portal - "Network Management" section
- "DHCP Server" pane

To Start HostName> set dhcp server enable

or
In Gaia Portal - "Network Management" section
- "DHCP Server" pane

snmpd Description SNMP (Linux) daemon.

Path /usr/sbin/snmpd

Log file /var/log/messages

Configuration /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
file

To Stop HostName> set snmp agent off

or
In Gaia Portal - "System Management" section -
"SNMP" pane

To Start HostName> set snmp agent on

or
 In Gaia Portal - "System Management" section -
"SNMP" pane

Debug Refer to sk56783

xpand - Description Configuration daemon that processes and

validates all user configuration requests, updates
the system configuration database, and calls
other utilities to carry out the request.

Path /bin/confd

Log file /var/log/messages

To Stop none

To Start none

sshd - Description SSH daemon.

Path /usr/sbin/sshd

Log file /var/log/secure

/var/log/auth/
/var/log/messages

Configuration /etc/ssh/sshd_config
file

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# service sshd stop

To Start [Expert@HostName]# service sshd start

Debug 1. Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

A. Change the "LogLevel" line:
from:
#LogLevel INFO
to:
LogLevel DEBUG3
B. Save the changes in this file
2. Start SSHD under debug to run in
background (copy the PID):
/usr/sbin/sshd -ddd 1>>
/var/log/sshd.debug.txt 2>>
/var/log/sshd.debug.txt &
 3. Replicate the issue (connect over SSH).
4. Stop the SSHD:
kill -TERM <PID>
kill -KILL <PID>
5. Revert the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file
6. Analyze the /var/log/sshd.debug.txt file

syslogd - Description Syslog (Linux) daemon.

Path /sbin/syslogd

Log file /var/log/messages

/var/log/dmesg

Configuration /etc/syslog.conf
file /var/run/syslog.conf

To Stop [Expert@HostName]# service syslog stop

To Start [Expert@HostName]# service syslog start

Debug Refer to sk108421

DAService - Description Check Point Upgrade Service Engine (CPUSE)

- former 'Gaia Software Updates' service (refer
to sk92449).

Path $DADIR/bin/DAService

Log file /opt/CPInstLog/DeploymentAgent.log

/opt/CPInstLog/DA_UI.log

Notes "cpwd_admin list" command shows the process

as "DASERVICE"
(command is "$DADIR/bin/DAService_script" -
this is a watchdog script that starts
the $DADIR/bin/DAService if it is not running).

To Stop 1. [Expert@HostName]#
$DADIR/bin/dastop
2. [Expert@HostName]# dbget
installer:stop

To Start 1. [Expert@HostName]#
 $DADIR/bin/dastart
2. [Expert@HostName]# dbget
installer:start

Debug Refer to sk92449:

1. Create the configuration file:

touch $DADIR/bin/DAconf
2. Add the following line (case-sensitive;
spaces are not allowed):
PING_TRACE=1
3. Save the changes
4. Re-load the new configuration:
DAClient conf
5. As soon as possible:
i. Replicate the issue
ii. Delete
the $DADIR/bin/DAconf file
iii. Re-load the configuration
with DAClient conf command
6. Analyze:
/opt/CPInstLog/DeploymentAgent.log

Note: Other Gaia OS daemons can be stopped in Expert mode, but it is not recommended