How to Start, Stop and Restart SSH on cPanel/WHM Server

How to Start, Stop and Restart SSH on cPanel Server

On cPanel servers you can restart SSH service either through WHM or from the server backend through SSH. Only VPS and dedicated server owners can restart the service, shared hosting customers can only access files within their cPanel account. VPS and dedicated server owners have root access to the server.

 

Steps to restart SSH service through WHM

1. Login to WHM (WebHost Manager) as ‘root’ user

If SSH service is down, then you won’t be able to login to the server. You can easily restart the SSH service via WHM if SSH service is down on your VPS or Dedicated server

Open a web browser and type the URL http://YourServerHostname:2086 to access WHM. ‘YourServerHostname’ in the link should be replaced with actual hostname of the server. You can also use server IP in the URL (instead of hostname) to access WHM.

Link to access WHM : http://YourServerHostname:2086
Username : root
Password : Enter the root password of the server

2. Search for “SSH Server” in WHM search bar on the left

3. Click on ‘SSH Server (OpenSSH)’ under ‘Restart Services’

Search for the keyword “ssh” in WHM search bar like shown in the picture below
 
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WHM Home » Restart Services » SSH Server (OpenSSH)

3. Click ‘Yes’ to confirm

WHM will ask the below confirmation before restarting the service.

“Are you sure you wish to restart this service?” Click on “Yes” to restart the SSH service.
 
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Restarting SSH Daemon
Waiting for “sshd” to restart ………waiting for “sshd” to initialize ………finished.

Service Status
sshd (/usr/sbin/sshd -D) is running as root with PID 26524 (systemd check method).

Startup Log
Apr 25 09:06:44 server systemd[1]: Started OpenSSH server daemon.
Apr 25 09:06:44 server systemd[1]: Starting OpenSSH server daemon…
Apr 25 09:06:44 server sshd[26524]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Apr 25 09:06:44 server sshd[26524]: Server listening on :: port 22.

Log Messages
Apr 25 09:06:44 server sshd[26524]: Server listening on :: port 22.
Apr 25 09:06:44 server sshd[26524]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Apr 25 09:06:44 server sshd[7094]: Received signal 15; terminating.

sshd restarted successfully.
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If SSH service is restarted successfully it will show “sshd restarted successfully” with a green tick. While restarting SSH service you might see error “sshd failed” with errors shown in red.

 

How to restart SSH service from the command line (Server Backend)

1. Log into your cPanel server via SSH as ‘root’

You can use software like putty to SSH into the server.

2. Run the cPanel script /scripts/restartsrv_sshd to restart SSH

This is service restart script developed by cPanel and it can be used on both RHEL 6 and RHEL 7 servers to restart the service.

Command : /scripts/restartsrv_sshd
 
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root@server [~]# /scripts/restartsrv_sshd

Waiting for âsshdâsshdâ

Service Status
sshd (/usr/sbin/sshd -D) is running as root with PID 28294 (systemd check method).

Startup Log
Apr 25 09:37:16 server systemd[1]: Started OpenSSH server daemon.
Apr 25 09:37:16 server systemd[1]: Starting OpenSSH server daemon…
Apr 25 09:37:16 server sshd[28294]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Apr 25 09:37:16 server sshd[28294]: Server listening on :: port 22.

Log Messages
Apr 25 09:37:16 server sshd[28294]: Server listening on :: port 22.
Apr 25 09:37:16 server sshd[28294]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Apr 25 09:37:16 server sshd[26524]: Received signal 15; terminating.
Apr 25 09:36:25 server sshd[28115]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)

 

Backend command to restart SSH service on cPanel Server

Command to restart SSH service on cPanel server with CentOS 6/ RHEL 6 OS

Log in to your server via SSH as ‘root’. Run one of the below command to restart SSH service.

Command 1 : service sshd restart

OR

Command 2 : etc/init.d/sshd restart

Commands to restart SSH on cPanel server with CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 OS

CentOS 7 servers use systemctl command to restart SSH service.

Command 1 : service sshd restart

OR

Command 2 : systemctl restart sshd.service

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