Working with External Data Feeder for NFO Service

Working with External Data Feeder for NFO service depends on OS type it installed on. Below are the methods you can use to start, stop, restart the service or get its status.

Linux

OS Which Does Not Support systemd

/etc/init.d/nfi_updd start|stop|restart|status

Command status reports the state of the service (running or not) and its PID, if it is running.

OS Which Supports systemd

systemctl start|stop|restart|status nfi_updd.service

Command status gives a verbose info about the service. To find the line with info in the style of OS which does not support systemd, you may use option -l:

systemctl -l status nfi_updd.service

This option prevents from replacing trailing portion of long strings by ellipsis.

Command systemctl provides more features compared to other methods. For details, see the documentation for this command.

Universal Method

service nfi_updd start|stop|restart|status

This method works on both types of OS but it is deprecated on OS which supports systemd. Actually, the service command is translated to the above commands depending on OS type.

Windows

Below are the methods that can be used to start, stop, restart the service or get its status.

Command Line (Command Prompt)

To access the service manipulation options, run Command Prompt as an administrator:

1. Click the Start menu
2. Navigate to Windows System
3. Right-click Command Prompt and select "Run as administrator"

4. Follow below actions in the opened CMD window

Start or stop EDFN Service

net start|stop NFOUSvc

Get EDFN Service status

sc query NFOUSvc | find /N "STATE"

PowerShell

To proceed to service manipulations you need to run PowerShell on behalf administrator. Do the following:

1. Click the Start menu
2. Expand Windows PowerShell
3. Right click Windows PowerShell then expand More
4. Click "Run as administrator"

5. Follow below actions in the opened PowerShell window

Start EDFN Service

Start-Service -Name "NFOUSvc"

Stop EDFN Service

Stop-Service -Name "NFOUSvc"

Restart EDFN Service

Restart-Service -Name "NFOUSvc"

Get EDFN Service status

Get-Service -Name "NFOUSvc"

Task Manager

To proceed to service manipulations you need to have local administrator access rights. Do the following:

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc
2. In the opened window, click Services tab
3. Click the header of Name column to order entries by the name of services
4. Find name NFOUSvc
5. A status of the service could be found in Status column
6. To proceed the necessary manipulations with the service, right-click the entry found then click the desired action

Services MMC Snap-in

To proceed to service manipulations you need to have local administrator access rights. Do the following:

1. Press Win+R
2. In the opened textbox, type services.msc then press Enter

3. Click the header of Name column to order entries by the name of services
4. Find name External Data Feeder for NFO Service
5. A status of the service could be found in Status column
6. To proceed the necessary manipulations with the service, right-click the entry found then click the desired action