service: Services

The service utility is used to manage services on the Plesk server through CLI. By using this utility, you can perform the following tasks:

displaying a list of available services
starting, stopping, or restarting a service
querying the current running status of a service
specifying the information to be included in the list of available services and format its display parameters

service <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

The following command displays detailed information about the dns, mail, and tomcat services as a table:

plesk bin service --list -include dns,mail,tomcat -format "\n\t%k,\t%N,\t%S\t%I\t%p\n"

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
`--start` or `-s`	`<service_` `name>`	Starts a service.	To start the DNS service: plesk bin service --start dns or plesk bin service -s dns
`--stop` or `-p`	`<service_` `name>`	Stops a service.	To stop the DNS service: plesk bin service --stop dns or plesk bin service -p dns
`--restart` or `-r`	`<service_` `name>`	Restarts a service.	To restart the DNS service: plesk bin service --restart dns or plesk bin service -r dns
`--status` or `-t`	`<service_` `name>`	Displays the current status of a service.	To view the current status of the DNS service: plesk bin service --status dns or plesk bin service -t dns
`--list` or `-l`		Displays information about available services. Can be used with the `-detail` and `-format` options to display detailed information about services.	To view the list of available services: plesk bin service --list or plesk bin service -l
`--help` or `-h`		Displays help on the use of the utility.	To view help on the use of the utility: plesk bin service --help or plesk bin service -h

Option	Parameter	Description	Example
`-include`	`<service_name_1>[,<service_keyname_2>,... <service_name_N>]`	Specifies the list of services to be included in the `--list` command output.	To view detailed information about DNS, Mail, and Tomcat services only: plesk bin service -l -include dns,mail,tomcat -detail
`-exclude`	`<service_name_1>[,<service_keyname_2>,... <service_name_N>]`	Specifies the list of services to be excluded from the `--list` command output.	To view detailed information about all services excluding DNS, Mail, and Tomcat services: plesk bin service -l -exclude dns,mail,tomcat -detail
`-detail`		Set the detailed format for the `--list` command output (equivalent to `-format "%k\t%N\t%S\t%I\t%p\n"`).
`-format`	`"%<output_parameter_1>[,%<output_parameter_2>,...,%<output_parameter_N>"` use `\n`, `\t,` or a comma to format the output display as needed.	Specifies the information to be included in the detailed output and the display parameters of the `--list` command. `%k` - service key `%N` - service name `%s` - service status code `%S` - service status `%i` - available code `%I` - information about available code `%p` - package name `%%` - `%` `\n` - new line `\t` - tab Is set to`"%k"` by default.	To view detailed information about DNS, Mail, and Tomcat services as a table: plesk bin service -l -include dns,mail,tomcat -format "\n\t%k,\t%N,\t%S\t%I\t%p\n"

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