Starting/stopping

Since Sematext Agent can be installed in different environments, there are different ways in which it can be restarted or stopped.

Linux¶

To stop the agent, run:

sudo service sematext-agent stop

To restart the agent, run:

sudo service sematext-agent restart

To remove the agent, run distribution-specific command to remove the sematext-agent rpm or deb package.

To stop the agent, run:

sudo st-agent macos-service stop

To restart the agent, run:

sudo st-agent macos-service restart

To remove the agent, run brew uninstall --cask sematext/tap/sematext-agent. See the macOS installation page for removing its configuration too.

In Docker environment agent can be started using docker run command or using a docker-compose config.

To stop the agent, run:

docker stop st-agent

and remove it with:

docker rm st-agent

To avoid agent starting after docker-compose up is executed the next time, ensure its definition is removed from your docker-compose config file.

In Swarm environment agent can be started using docker service create command or using a docker-compose config.

To remove the agent run:

docker service rm st-agent

When using docker-compose, ensure you remove the agent from your config.

To remove the agent, run:

kubectl delete ds sematext-agent --ignore-not-found=true

When using helm, remove the agent with:

helm delete st-agent

If you used Sematext Operator, remove the agent with:

kubectl delete SematextAgent sematextagent 
kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sematext/sematext-operator/master/bundle.yaml

To stop the agent running in Nomad environment, run:

nomad job stop sematext-agent

To remove it, run:

nomad job delete sematext-agent

Removing the agent in Podman setup can be done with the command:

podman rm -f st-agent