Overview

This article provides guidelines in verifying the Kerio Connect service status in Mac and Linux operating systems. This procedure is performed to validate if Kerio Connect is installed successfully.

 

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Process

macOS

There are two ways to check the service status on macOS:

First: Via Kerio Connect Monitor

1. Open System Preferences.

2. Look for the Kerio Connect Monitor icon and click on it.
   
   

   
   
   

3.  The Kerio Connect Monitor is launched with a message saying: Kerio Connect is running.
   
   

   
   
   

4. If you click Configure Server... the Kerio Connect Webadmin settings is launched.

Second: Via Terminal/SSH

1. Launch the terminal application.

2. Run the commands below: 

   sudo su - root
   ps aux | grep ‘mailserver’

3. The output will display the server engine details similar to the image below:
   
   

   
   
   

Linux

To check the Kerio Connect service status in Linux, simply run the following command:

sudo service kerio-connect status

This command also applies to VMware as virtual appliances are based also on Linux Debian operating system.  

 

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