{"id":44298,"date":"2019-07-10T07:32:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T12:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=44298"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:38:33","slug":"stop-processes-in-htop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/linux\/stop-processes-in-htop\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Processes in Htop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\">VPS Hosting<\/a> users can install the <a href=\"\/support\/server\/linux\/how-to-install-and-use-htop\/\">htop command<\/a> to easily see what processes are using excessive resources using the terminal, or command line interface (CLI). Once noticing the process(es), you\u2019ll want to be able to fix the issue on the spot. Therefore, we\u2019ll cover how to <strong>find and kill a process in htop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind, this is an advanced process. You should be sure that you select the right process. Beware there is a possibility of system instability or data corruption if you forcefully kill a process or accidentally kill the wrong process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-danger\"><b>Warning!<\/b> Again, use caution with this method as abruptly killing a process could negatively affect other important processes. In common cases, a graceful reset via WebHost Manager (WHM) \u2013 <i>(e.g. <a href=\"\/support\/server\/php-fpm\/how-to-restart-php-fpm\/\">PHP-FPM<\/a>)<\/i> or cPanel <i>(e.g. <a href=\"\/support\/website\/cache-manager-cpanel\/\">Nginx Cache Manager<\/a>)<\/i> or dedicated app commands may be safer and more effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kill Processes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/do-you-provide-ssh-access\/\">Log into SSH<\/a> as <a href=\"\/support\/amp\/obtain-root-access\/\">root<\/a>.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/htop-terminal-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-44301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/htop-terminal-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Htop in WHM Terminal \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/li><li>Type <code>htop<\/code> and press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd>.<\/li><li>Type <kbd>F5<\/kbd> to sort processes as a tree. This organizes child processes to its primary process ID (PID).<\/li><li>Scroll the list and highlight the process to kill.<\/li><li>Press <kbd>F9<\/kbd> for kill options.<\/li><li>Highlight <code>15 SIGTERM<\/code> (signal terminate) to gracefully request to stop the proccess(es) or <code>9 SIGKILL<\/code> (signal kill) to forcefully shut down the process(es).<\/li><li>Press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more Linux commands with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/linux\/\">Linux section<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VPS Hosting users can install the htop command to easily see what processes are using excessive resources using the terminal, or command line interface (CLI). Once noticing the process(es), you\u2019ll want to be able to fix the issue on the spot. Therefore, we\u2019ll cover how to find and kill a process in htop. 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