Manage the Linux agent

This section describes how to start, stop and check the status of the axolet and axoflow-otel-collector services on Linux.

Start the service

To start the axolet or axoflow-otel-collector service, execute the following commands:

• systemctl start axolet
• systemctl start axoflow-otel-collector

Alternatively, you can restart the service from AxoConsole:

1. Find the host on the Topology or the Sources page.
2. Select the name of the host.
3. Select Services > Restart.

Stop the service

To stop the axolet or axoflow-otel-collector service, execute the following commands:

• systemctl stop axolet
• systemctl stop axoflow-otel-collector

Check the status of the service

To check the status of the axolet or axoflow-otel-collector service, execute the following commands:

• systemctl status axolet
• systemctl status axoflow-otel-collector

For more detailed logs, run:

• journalctl -u axolet
• journalctl -u axoflow-otel-collector

Upgrade Axoflow agent

AxoConsole raises an alert for the host when a new Axoflow agent version is available. To upgrade to the new version, re-run the one-liner installation command you used to install Axoflow agent, or select Provisioning > Select type and platform to create a new one (make sure to enable the Advanced options > Install Collector agent option).