Killing pf9-hostd Process Restarts Platform9's Host Agent Service

Problem

There is a need to temporarily kill the pf9-hostd process on one of the hypervisors.

pf9 4024 4022 0 Jul26 ? 09:25:29 /opt/pf9/hostagent/bin/python /opt/pf9/hostagent/bin/pf9-hostd

How would the hypervisor be affected?

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All Versions

Answer

1. Killing the pf9-hostd process will essentially restart the pf9-hostagent(Platform9's Host Agent Service) service. It will not affect any running instances on the host.
2. The host however would be seen to be in a converging state to the management plane when the service does restart.