Daemon Configuration Files

Configuration changes can require a restart of OpenNMS and some daemons are able to reload configuration changes by a running CLI command or by sending a daemon reload event.

Check the daemon reference section for an overview of all daemons, their related configuration files, and which ones you can reload without restarting OpenNMS.

Reload daemons by CLI

To use the reload commands in the CLI, log into the Karaf Shell on your system using:

ssh -p 8101 admin@localhost

To reload a daemon use the reload-daemon command:

opennms:reload-daemon NAME

To see a list of reloadable daemons, press tab after the command.

Reload daemons by reload event

Running reload command in a shell

cd ${OPENNMS_HOME}/bin
./send-event.pl uei.opennms.org/internal/reloadDaemonConfig --parm 'daemonName NAME'

Running the reload command in Docker

docker exec -it horizon /opt/opennms/bin/send-event.pl  uei.opennms.org/internal/reloadDaemonConfig --parm 'daemonName NAME'

Reload daemons by REST event

curl -u admin:admin \ (1)
-X POST 'http://HOSTNAME:8980/opennms/rest/events' \ (2)
--header 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
--data-raw '<event>
    <parms>
        <parm>
            <parmName>daemonName</parmName>
            <value>trapd</value> (3)
        </parm>
    </parms>
    <uei>uei.opennms.org/internal/reloadDaemonConfig</uei>
</event>'

1	Replace with credentials for accessing the Meridian instance.
2	Replace with the hostname of the Meridian instance.
3	Replace with the daemon name to reload.

Check daemon reload results

A daemon reload generates the following events:

uei.opennms.org/internal/reloadDaemonConfig (to indicate that the reload process was triggered)
uei.opennms.org/internal/reloadDaemonConfigSuccessful (a positive feedback)
or
uei.opennms.org/internal/reloadDaemonConfigFailed (negative feedback, like when OpenNMS could not load the daemon. In this case, the event description also includes an event reason.)