Stop Sphinx server

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I'm using Sphinx search server(version 'Sphinx 2.0.3-id64-release (r3043)' from http://sphinxsearch.com/) in my Rails app with thinking_sphinx gem. Sphinx starts automatically when I reboot and I can't stop it. I tried sudo searchd --stop but the process just respawns itself.

on CentOS 7 `killall searchd` if it's started as a process, not as a service — Alex P., Jun 14 '19 at 11:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 26 '13 at 20:24

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Stop (as manual start too) requires --config parameter.

If you start sphinx with command searchd --config=file, you can stop it with searchd --config=file --stop. Try to determine your start command argument.

P.S. Better late than never :)

You can also send a signal kill -9

edited Apr 26 '13 at 20:24

Moosh

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answered Dec 15 '12 at 19:54

Valera Leontyev

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Thank you. I'm not using it anymore but hope that helps somebody else. – RocketR Dec 15 '12 at 20:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '18 at 13:01

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searchd expects signal TERM to be stopped. searchd --config /path/to/config --stop just sends TERM to the pid specified in 'pidfile' in the config. 'kill ' or 'killall searchd' will work as well.

answered Jan 22 '18 at 13:01

Manticore Search

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 10:12

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Currently to stop Sphinx in Debian:

sudo service sphinxsearch stop

To verify status:

sudo service sphinxsearch status

To start:

sudo service sphinxsearch start

answered Dec 13 '18 at 10:12

João Martins

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Stop Sphinx server

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