Managing engines and engine hosts

The engine is a service that runs to handle application analytics and task automation. Engines can be installed on the management console web server or on separate, dedicated engine servers. Given appropriate resources, you can configure the engine service to support as many parallel processes as your deployments require.

The engines perform all the processing actions for deployments and configurations. They also serve as the system scheduler and notification manager. You can control the behavior of the engines using certain system settings. For more information, see Managing system settings. 

To stop or start all engines on a host

1. On the System tab, from the left menu, click Engines.
2. To restart all the engines on a particular host, click Restart All for that host.
   To shut down the engines running on a host, click Shutdown.

To stop or start an individual engine

1. On the System tab, from the left menu, click Engines.
2. In the engines list for the correct host, locate the engine that you want to stop.

3. To shut down an individual engine, click Shutdown in the Actions menu associated with that engine.
   To restart an individual engine, click Restart in the Actions menu associated with that engine.

   Note

   The system will automatically start new engines to maintain the configured minimum number of idle engines.

The engine processes table displays the following information: