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title: "Learn How to Use the Process Manager in WHM"
description: "Root access is required to access and use the Process Manager. The Web Host Manager (WHM) includes the option to manage the processes that run on your server. The main tool for this is the Process..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/whm/process-manager-whm/
date: 2017-09-23
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["WebHost Manager (WHM)"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Learn How to Use the Process Manager in WHM

[Root access](/support/server/ssh/root-access-faq/) is required to access and use the Process Manager.

The **Web Host Manager (WHM)** includes the option to manage the processes that run on your server. The main tool for this is the **Process Manager**. This tool allows you to see the process ID, the owner of the process, and the priority given to the process. Based on the information provided in the process manager, you can learn the impact of processes on the performance of your server Learn how to view and trace processes in the steps below.

## Viewing Processes with the Process Manager

1. [Log in to WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) as the *Root* user.
2. [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_system-health-icon.png)[![Select System Health](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_system-health-icon-1024x475.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_system-health-icon.png) Find the **System Health** section in the menu at left or click on the icon labeled **System Health** on the home WHM page.
3. [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-select.png)[![Select process manager](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-select.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-select.png) Click on the option labeled **Process Manager**.

## Tracing a Process with the Process Manager

1. [Log in to WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) as the *Root* user
2. [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_system-health-icon.png)[![Select System Health](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_system-health-icon.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_system-health-icon.png) Find the **System Health** section in the menu at left or click on the icon labeled **System Health** on the home WHM page.
3. [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-select.png)[![Select process manager](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-select.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-select.png) Click on the option labeled **Process Manager**.
4. [![Click on trace](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-trace.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-trace.png) When you see the main screen for the **Process Manager**, you can see the option next to each process ID. Click on **Trace** in order to trace an active process.
5. [![example of a trace](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-trace-example.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/process-manager_process-manager-trace-example.png) You may need to wait several seconds to see the results of the trace. The display of the trace will start with the PID of the process you’re tracing.

Congratulations you now know how to view and trace processes using the **Process Manager**. Click [here](/support/edu/whm/killing-processes-in-whm/) to see the tutorial on using the **Process Manager** to kill processes.