ss restart fail2ban Restarts the Fail2ban service. ss restart fail2ban What it does Use it after a verified Fail2ban configuration change or when that service alone needs recovery. Notes Review the service status and logs if the restart fails. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss restart Restarts the SlickStack-managed Fail2ban, Memcached, MySQL, PHP-FPM, and Nginx services. ss restart What it does Use the broad restart only when several services need to be restarted together. Notes Prefer a service-specific restart command when the affected service is known. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss purge transients Deletes WordPress transient cache entries through the SlickStack purge routine. ss purge transients What it does Use it when stored transient data is stale or blocking a current WordPress state. Notes Applications may recreate transients immediately after the purge. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss purge nginx Clears SlickStack’s Nginx FastCGI cache. ss purge nginx What it does Use it when the origin page cache contains stale responses. Notes This does not clear browser cache or Cloudflare edge cache. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss purge memcached Clears the Memcached object-cache layer. ss purge memcached What it does Use it when cached WordPress objects or application data need to be rebuilt. Notes The first requests after a purge may be slower while the cache warms again. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss purge opcache Clears the PHP OPcache layer managed by SlickStack. ss purge opcache What it does Use this after PHP code changes when stale compiled bytecode may still be served. Notes This does not clear Memcached, Nginx FastCGI cache, WordPress transients, browser cache, or Cloudflare edge cache. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss status php Shows the current PHP-FPM service status. ss status php What it does Use it to confirm whether the SlickStack-managed PHP service is active and to review recent status messages. Notes The exact PHP-FPM unit depends on the SlickStack version and installed PHP version. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss status nginx Shows the current Nginx service status. ss status nginx What it does Use it to confirm whether Nginx is active and to review the latest service-status messages. Notes If configuration changed, validate it with sudo nginx -t before restarting Nginx. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss monitor server Alias for SlickStack’s interactive server monitor. ss monitor server What it does Use it to view live server resource activity during troubleshooting. Notes For persistent incidents, preserve relevant logs in addition to checking the live monitor. See also: SlickStack Commands.
ss monitor resources Alias for SlickStack’s interactive resource monitor. ss monitor resources What it does It performs the same action as ss monitor and ss monitor server. Notes Exit the interactive monitor normally when you are finished. See also: SlickStack Commands.