Start/Stop On SystemV (RHEL version < 7) service cmis-service start service cmis-service stop service cmis-service status service cmis-service restart On systemd (RHEL version >= 7) systemctl start cmis systemctl stop cmis systemctl status cmis systemctl restart cmis When starting CMIS Server via service you can do this as root. The service will be started with the user configured in file /etc/sysconfig/cmis property 'prog_user'.