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Start and stop Fog Director

Updated: February 4, 2026

Overview

Use this procedure to start, stop, restart, or check the status of the Fog Director container. It explains how to navigate to the script directory and execute the fogd-container script commands within an SSH terminal to manage the container effectively.

Use the fogd-container.sh {start|stop|status|restart} script in the following directory to start, stop, obtain status, and restart Fog Director.

Procedure

1.

In the SSH terminal, run the following command to change the directory to where the script is located:

Example:

cd /opt/fnd/scripts/
2.

Execute the following command to start the Fog Director:

Example:

./fogd-container.sh start
Starting fogd container...
                        fogd container started successfully.
3.

To stop the Fog Director container, run:

Example:

./fogd-container.sh stop
Stopping fogd container...
                        fogd container stopped successfully.
4.

To obtain the current status of the Fog Director container, use:

Example:

./fogd-container.sh status
Checking fogd container status...
                        fogd container is currently running.
5.

To restart the Fog Director container, use:

Example:

./fogd-container.sh restart
Restarting fogd container...
                        Fog container restarted successfully.