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Stopping the Amazon DCV Server - Amazon DCV
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Stopping the Amazon DCV Server

You can stop the Amazon DCV server at any time. Stopping the server terminates all active Amazon DCV sessions. You can't start new sessions until after the server is restarted.

Windows Amazon DCV server

Manually stop the Amazon DCV server using the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

To stop the Amazon DCV server on Windows

  1. Open the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. In the right pane, open DCV Server.

  3. Choose Stop.

Note

If the server is already stopped, the Stop button is disabled.

Disable automatic startup using the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

To prevent the Amazon DCV server from starting automatically on Windows

  1. Open the Services snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console.

  2. In the right pane, open DCV Server.

  3. For Startup service, choose Manual.

Linux Amazon DCV server

Stop the Amazon DCV server using the command line.

To stop the Amazon DCV server on Linux

Use the following command:

$ sudo systemctl stop dcvserver

Disable automatic Amazon DCV server startup using the command line.

To prevent the Amazon DCV server from starting automatically on Linux

Use the following command:

$ sudo systemctl disable dcvserver
macOS Amazon DCV server

Stop the Amazon DCV server using the command line.

To stop the Amazon DCV server on macOS

Use the following command:

$ sudo launchctl stop com.amazon.dcv.server.dcvserver

Disable automatic Amazon DCV server startup using the command line.

To prevent the Amazon DCV server from starting automatically on macOS

Use the following command:

$ sudo launchctl disable system/com.amazon.dcv.server.dcvserver