Stop answering new requests, and close all listening sockets, but only shutdown after the last existing client dies.
Stop answering new requests, and close all listening sockets, but only shutdown after the last existing client dies. This is to allow servers with long-running clients to stay alive for a while and service those connections, while letting another server start up and begin handling new connections.
Reload configuration, if supported by the service.
Reload configuration, if supported by the service.
Shutdown this service.
Shutdown this service.
Start this service.
Start this service.
Background process that performs some task periodically, over a given duration. If the duration is a useful multiple of seconds, the first event will be staggered so that it takes place on an even multiple. (For example, a minutely event will first trigger at the top of a minute.)
The
periodic()method implements the periodic event.