---
title: Starting and Stopping the Traffic Manager Software
slug: ps/help/en_us/vtm/cloudgs/starting-and-stopping-the-traffic-manager-software
docTags: 
createdAt: 2026-08-02T08:48:58.031Z
---

When you set up the Traffic Manager for the first time, the Traffic Manager software starts automatically after the initial configuration has been performed.

To manually shut down or restart the software on an appliance or cloud variant, use the buttons on the **System > **Traffic Manager**s** page of the Admin UI.

For software variants, you can stop the Traffic Manager software from the command line using the following (as the root user):

```bash
# $ZEUSHOME/stop-zeus
```

To start the software again, use the following:

```bash
# $ZEUSHOME/start-zeus
```