Server Reboot

Initiate a reboot of the server. Depending on the situation, you can perform either a graceful reboot or a forceful reboot.

• Graceful Server Reboot attempts to safely stop running processes and allow the operating system to cleanly shut down services before restarting.
• Forceful Server Reboot immediately restarts the system at the kernel level and should only be used if the server is unresponsive.

Graceful​

A graceful reboot tells the operating system to restart normally. Services and user processes are given a chance to shut down cleanly.

Command used:

reboot

Forceful​

A forceful reboot bypasses the normal shutdown procedure and immediately reboots the kernel. This may result in data loss or filesystem inconsistencies, so it should only be used when the server is completely unresponsive.

Command used:

echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger