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Launching Probe on Linux

This section goes through starting of Qosium Probe on Linux based systems. The launching of Qosium Probe depends on whether it is installed as a system service or as to be started manually.

1. Manual Launching
2. Qosium Probe Installed as Service
1. 2.1. Systemd Service (Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian, CentOS, Red Hat, etc.)
2. 2.2. Procd Init Scripts (OpenWRT)

1. Manual Launching #

In command line (Terminal), run the following command (use sudo in front of the command if you are not a root user):

/opt/QosiumProbe/bin/QosiumProbe

Probe can be set in the background by pressing Ctrl-Z and typing bg.

2. Qosium Probe Installed as Service #

2.1. Systemd Service (Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian, CentOS, Red Hat, etc.) #

On Debian-based and Red Hat based operating systems, Qosium Probe can be installed as a Systemd service. After that, controlling of Qosium Probe happens with systemctl commands. Qosium Probe is launched automatically upon installation and device startup. Omit sudo from the commands below if you are root and sudo is not supported by operating system.

Start:

sudo systemctl start QosiumProbe

Stop:

sudo systemctl stop QosiumProbe

Request status:

sudo systemctl status QosiumProbe

Disable Qosium Probe from starting automatically upon reboot:

sudo systemctl disable QosiumProbe

Enable Qosium Probe to start automatically upon reboot:

sudo systemctl enable QosiumProbe

2.2. Procd Init Scripts (OpenWRT) #

On OpenWRT-based systems, Qosium Probe can be installed to start to background automatically. Qosium Probe is launched automatically upon installation and device startup. Run the following example commands with root privileges.