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Environment

Carbon Black Cloud Sensor: All Supported Versions
Linux: All Supported Versions

Objective

How to completely stop/start the Carbon Black Cloud Sensor for testing purposes.

Resolution

Disable Sensor:

For distributions using SystemD (e.g. CentOS 7), run the Terminal command below.
```
sudo systemctl stop cbagentd
```
For older distributions using SystemV (e.g. CentOS 6), run the Terminal command below.
```
sudo service cbagentd stop
```

Enable Sensor:

For distributions using SystemD (e.g. CentOS 7), run the Terminal command below.
```
sudo systemctl start cbagentd
```
For older distributions using SystemV (e.g. CentOS 6), run the Terminal command below.
```
sudo service cbagentd start
```

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Creation Date:

‎11-27-2018

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