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Start and stop processes

Start, stop and restart various FileMaker Server processes.

Caution: Restarting or Stopping a process will kill anything that might be running on that process. Use with caution.

The service property can be one of the following:

  • wpe
  • fmse
  • adminserver
  • httpserver
  • fmsib
  • xdbc
  • server
  • fmdapi
  • odata

The command property can be one of the following:

  • start
  • stop
  • restart
POST
/otto/api/fms-process

Request Body

application/json

POST /otto/api/fms-process Request body

command*string
Value in"start" | "stop" | "restart"
service*string
Value in"wpe" | "fmse" | "adminserver" | "httpserver" | "fmsib" | "xdbc" | "server" | "fmdapi" | "odata"

Response Body

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://your.server.net/otto/api/fms-process" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "command": "start",    "service": "wpe"  }'
{
  "response": {
    "ok": true
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 0.1,
      "text": "ok"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "response": {},
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 18011,
      "text": "OttoFMS sample error"
    }
  ]
}