Running processes

The diagnose sys top CLI command displays a list of processes that are running on the FortiGate device, as well as information about each process.

The following commands can be used while the command is running:

q	Quit, and return to the command prompt.
c	Sort the process list by the amount of CPU that each process is using.
m	Sort the process list by the amount of memory that each process is using.

The get system performance top command also performs the same function.

Syntax

diagnose sys top [<delay>] [<lines>]

Variable	Description
`<delay>`	The delay between updates of the process list, in seconds (default = 5).
`<lines>`	The maximum number of processes that are displayed in the output (default = 20).

Example output

# diagnose sys top 5 5
Run Time:  4 days, 5 hours and 29 minutes
1U, 0N, 0S, 99I, 0WA, 0HI, 0SI, 0ST; 1866T, 1113F
         miglogd      191      S       0.3     6.3
          newcli    18391      R       0.1     0.3
         cmdbsvr       99      S       0.3     1.4
         pyfcgid    15628      S       0.0     1.3
       ipshelper      164      S <     0.3     1.2

Keyword / Variable / Column	Description
Run Time	How long the FortiOS has been running, as a string.
U	The percentage of user space applications using the CPU. In the example, `1U` means that 1% of user space applications are using the CPU.
N	Nice, or higher priority, processes, as a percentage.
S	System, or kernel, processes that are using the CPU, as a percentage.
I	The idle CPU usage, as a percentage.
WA	The IO wait, as a percentage.
HI	The hardware interrupts, as a percentage of CPU time used.
SI	The software interrupts, as a percentage of CPU time used.
ST	The steal time, as a percentage.
T	The total FortiOS system memory, in MB. In the example, 1866T means that there is 1866 MB of system memory.
F	The total free memory, in MB. In the example 1113F means that there are 1113 MB of free memory.
Column 1	The process name, such as `miglogd`, or `newcli`.
Column 2	The process ID number (PID).
Column 3	The process status: `R`: running `S`: sleeping `Z`: zombie `D`: disk sleep A `<` on a process means that it is high priority.
Column 4	The CPU usage.
Column 5	The memory usage.

Stop a running process

The diagnose sys kill command can be used to stop a running process.

Syntax

diagnose sys kill <signal> <PID>

Variable	Description
`<signal>`	A number between 1 and 32. Each number represents a signal sent to kill the process. Signal 11 is commonly used to send the SIGEGV signal, causing the process to generate a Segmentation Fault crashlog. Signal 9, SIGKILL, forces the process to terminate immediate. For more information about kill commands and signals, see https://www.linux.org/threads/kill-commands-and-signals.8881.
`<PID>`	The process ID of the process to be killed.

Variable

Description

<signal>

A number between 1 and 32.

Each number represents a signal sent to kill the process. Signal 11 is commonly used to send the SIGEGV signal, causing the process to generate a Segmentation Fault crashlog. Signal 9, SIGKILL, forces the process to terminate immediate.

For more information about kill commands and signals, see https://www.linux.org/threads/kill-commands-and-signals.8881.

<PID>

The process ID of the process to be killed.

Example

To kill the newcli process from the previous example and generate a Segmentation Fault crashlog, enter the following:

diagnose sys kill 11 18391

Running processes

The diagnose sys top CLI command displays a list of processes that are running on the FortiGate device, as well as information about each process.

The following commands can be used while the command is running:

q	Quit, and return to the command prompt.
c	Sort the process list by the amount of CPU that each process is using.
m	Sort the process list by the amount of memory that each process is using.

The get system performance top command also performs the same function.

Syntax

diagnose sys top [<delay>] [<lines>]

Variable	Description
`<delay>`	The delay between updates of the process list, in seconds (default = 5).
`<lines>`	The maximum number of processes that are displayed in the output (default = 20).

Example output

# diagnose sys top 5 5
Run Time:  4 days, 5 hours and 29 minutes
1U, 0N, 0S, 99I, 0WA, 0HI, 0SI, 0ST; 1866T, 1113F
         miglogd      191      S       0.3     6.3
          newcli    18391      R       0.1     0.3
         cmdbsvr       99      S       0.3     1.4
         pyfcgid    15628      S       0.0     1.3
       ipshelper      164      S <     0.3     1.2

Keyword / Variable / Column	Description
Run Time	How long the FortiOS has been running, as a string.
U	The percentage of user space applications using the CPU. In the example, `1U` means that 1% of user space applications are using the CPU.
N	Nice, or higher priority, processes, as a percentage.
S	System, or kernel, processes that are using the CPU, as a percentage.
I	The idle CPU usage, as a percentage.
WA	The IO wait, as a percentage.
HI	The hardware interrupts, as a percentage of CPU time used.
SI	The software interrupts, as a percentage of CPU time used.
ST	The steal time, as a percentage.
T	The total FortiOS system memory, in MB. In the example, 1866T means that there is 1866 MB of system memory.
F	The total free memory, in MB. In the example 1113F means that there are 1113 MB of free memory.
Column 1	The process name, such as `miglogd`, or `newcli`.
Column 2	The process ID number (PID).
Column 3	The process status: `R`: running `S`: sleeping `Z`: zombie `D`: disk sleep A `<` on a process means that it is high priority.
Column 4	The CPU usage.
Column 5	The memory usage.

Stop a running process

The diagnose sys kill command can be used to stop a running process.

Syntax

diagnose sys kill <signal> <PID>

Variable	Description
`<signal>`	A number between 1 and 32. Each number represents a signal sent to kill the process. Signal 11 is commonly used to send the SIGEGV signal, causing the process to generate a Segmentation Fault crashlog. Signal 9, SIGKILL, forces the process to terminate immediate. For more information about kill commands and signals, see https://www.linux.org/threads/kill-commands-and-signals.8881.
`<PID>`	The process ID of the process to be killed.

Variable

Description

<signal>

A number between 1 and 32.

For more information about kill commands and signals, see https://www.linux.org/threads/kill-commands-and-signals.8881.

<PID>

The process ID of the process to be killed.

Example

To kill the newcli process from the previous example and generate a Segmentation Fault crashlog, enter the following:

diagnose sys kill 11 18391

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