Stop Media Server

You can stop Media Server by using one of the following procedures.

To stop Media Server

  • Send the Stop service action to the service port.

    http://host:ServicePort/action=Stop

    where:

    host is the host name or IP address of the machine where Media Server is installed.
    ServicePort is the Media Server service port (specified in the [Service] section of the configuration file).
  • On Windows, if Media Server is running as a service, stop Media Server from the Windows Services dialog box.
  • On Linux, if Media Server is running as a service, use one of the following commands:

    • On machines that use systemd:

      systemctl stop mediaserver

    • On machines that use system V:

      service mediaserver stop

  • On Linux, if you started Media Server with the script start-mediaserver.sh, run the script stop-mediaserver.sh which is provided in the installation directory.