# Stopping/Starting Ignition Gateway Service

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stopping-starting-ignition-gateway-service/53536>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, ignition81\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stopping-starting-ignition-gateway-service/53536 "2021-11-29T16:39:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stopping-starting-ignition-gateway-service/53536/1 "2021-11-29T16:39:08Z")

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So the GCU is gone in version 8.0 and 8.1. How do you start and stop the Ignition Gateway Service? I’m on Windows Server 2019 and based on the v8 manual, I ran a CMD prompt and did `net stop Ignition`. I check the service and it now says that it is stopped, but the gateway webpage is still up and running. What is going on here?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stopping-starting-ignition-gateway-service/53536/2 "2021-11-29T16:41:48Z")

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Use Windows’ service management interface or the command-line replacement `gwcmd.bat`.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Command-line+Utility+-+gwcmd](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Command-line+Utility+-+gwcmd)