Manage Alta Service

Learn how to control Alta services on your server: start, stop, restart, check logs, and run multiple instances for better performance and stability.

Tip

Most Linux distributions use systemd to manage services. It controls whether services run, restart automatically on system startup, and provides access to service logs.

Launch additional services

You can launch multiple Alta services on your server. Each service runs as a separate process with its own configuration and port. Common r easons to use multiple services:

• Load distribution: Split channels across separate processes to balance resource usage
• Improved stability: Isolate problematic channels that might affect other channels if they run in the same process

To create an additional service, launch the initialization wizard with the next command:

alta init

You will be prompted to enter a unique service name. This name will be used to identify and manage the service. For example, if you enter alta2, the service will be managed with the name alta2 in systemd.

Service management

In this example service name is alta2. Use the following commands to manage the service:

Command	Description
systemctl restart alta2	Restart service
systemctl start alta2	Start service
systemctl stop alta2	Stop service
systemctl status alta2	Service status
systemctl enable alta2	Launch service on system startup
systemctl disable alta2	Disable autorun
journalctl -fu alta2	Service logs

Remove service

Before removing service, stop it and turn off autorun:

systemctl stop alta2
systemctl disable alta2

Then, remove service from systemd:

rm /etc/systemd/system/alta2.service

Remove configuration file if needed:

rm /etc/alta/alta2.conf