Start and stop Percona build of ProxySQL¶

There are several methods to start or stop ProxySQL. You can invoke the commands with either systemctl or service. Currently, both are supported.

Make sure to use the correct package name for the version you installed, such as proxysql2 or proxysql3.

Start ProxySQL with a service manager¶

servicesystemd

$ sudo service proxysql2 start

$ sudo systemctl start proxysql

If you have updated the configuration, start ProxySQL with the -c option to pass the updated configuration file:

$ /home/user/<path-to-extracted-dir>/usr/bin/proxysql \
-c /home/user/<path-to-extracted-dir>/etc/proxysql.cnf

To stop ProxySQL, run any of the following commands:

service and proxysql3service and proxysql2systemctl and proxysql3systemctl and proxysql2

$ sudo service proxysql3 stop

$ sudo service proxysql2 stop

$ sudo systemctl stop proxysql3

$ sudo systemctl stop proxysql2

Last update: 2025-06-02