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Secure Agent services

Use the agentservice resource to stop or start a Secure Agent service.

After you send a POST request to start or stop a Secure Agent service, you can check the status of the service using the REST API V2 agent resource.

POST request

To stop or start a Secure Agent service, use the following URI:

public/core/v3/agent/service

Include the following fields in the request:

Field	Type	Required	Description
serviceName	String	Yes	Display name of the Secure Agent service to start or stop.
serviceAction	String	Yes	Action to perform on the Secure Agent service. Include one of the following values: start. Start the latest version of the Secure Agent service. stop. Stop all versions of the Secure Agent service.
agentId	String	Yes	The ID of the agent on which the Secure Agent service is located. To find the ID, send a lookup POST request that includes the agent path.

POST response

If the request is successful, the response includes one of the following states for the service:

State	Description
NEED_RUNNING	The start process has been initiated.
NEED_STOP	The stop process has been initiated.
DEPLOYING	The service is being provisioned.
DEPLOYED	The service is deployed and will be running soon.
UNKNOWN	Status is unknown. Check the status using the REST API version 2 agent resource. To find the status, send a lookup POST request that includes the agent path.
ERROR	The service is in a error state.
STARTING	The service is starting up.
RUNNING	The service is running and ready to accept jobs.
RESTARTING	The service is restarting and will be running soon.
STOPPING	The service is shutting down.
USER_STOPPED	The service has been stopped by a user.

POST request example

To start a Secure Agent service, you might send a request similar to the following example:

POST <baseApiUrl>/public/core/v3/agent/service
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
INFA-SESSION-ID: <sessionId>
{
    "serviceName":"Data Integration Server",
    "serviceAction":"start",
    "agentId":"kiphQJoRWWJfaC3enJ1smP"
}

POST response example

If a request is successful, you might receive a response similar to the following example:

{
    "serviceState":"STARTING",
    "message":"Successfully initiated start action. Note that only the latest version of the service will be started. Send a GET request to  /v2/agent/details API to check the updated status of the service."
}

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