Commands and Variables

Use the command line to execute individual commands and when scripting multiple commands in a shell.

Execute Content Gateway commands from the Content Gateway bin directory.


	Note If the Content Gateway bin directory is not in your path, prepend the command with: ./ For example: ./content_line -p


Command	Description
WCGAdmin start	Starts the Content Gateway service
WCGAdmin stop	Stops the Content Gateway service
WCGAdmin restart	Stops the Content Gateway service and then starts it again
WCGAdmin status	Displays the status (running or not running) of the Content Gateway services: Content Cop, Content Gateway, Content Gateway Manager, and Analytics Server.
WCGAdmin help	Displays a list of the WCGAdmin commands
content_line -h	Displays the list of Content Gateway commands.
content_line -p socket_path	Specifies the location (directory and path) of the file used for Content Gateway command line and Content Gateway manager communication. The default path is install_dir/config/cli
content_line -r variable	Displays specific performance statistics or a current configuration setting. For a list of the variables you can specify, see Websense Content Gateway variables.
content_line -s variable -v value	Sets configuration variables. variable is the configuration variable you want to change and value is the value you want to set. See records.config, for a list of the configuration variables you can specify.
content_line -x	Initiates a Content Gateway configuration file reread. Executing this command is similar to clicking Apply in the Content Gateway manager.
content_line -y	Clears Websense dynamically signed certificates from the cache and the SSL sqlite database.
content_line db_clear -y	Clears Websense dynamically signed certificates from the SSL sqlite database.
content_line -M	Restarts the content_manager process and the content_gateway process on all the nodes in a cluster.
content_line -L	Restarts the content_manager process and the content_gateway process on the local node.
content_line -S	Shuts down Content Gateway on the local node.
content_line -U	Starts Content Gateway on the local node.
content_line -B	Bounces Content Gateway cluster-wide. Bouncing Content Gateway shuts down and immediately restarts the proxy node-by-node.
content_line -b	Bounces Content Gateway on the local node. Bouncing Content Gateway shuts down and immediately restarts the proxy on the local node.
content_line -W	Enables WCCP router communication.
content_line -w	Disables WCCP router communication. After changing the Content Gateway WCCP configuration, or the router WCCP configuration, force WCCP communication down for 60 seconds to force WCCP to negotiate a new connection.
content_line -N snapshot_name	Perform a Content Gateway snapshot (backup). See Taking configuration snapshots.
content_line -n snapshot_name	Restore a Content Gateway snapshot. See Restoring configuration snapshots.