Complete List of Supervisor Commands on Ubuntu for Process Management

🔧 Service Management (Ubuntu-based systems)

Command	Description
sudo systemctl start supervisor	Start the Supervisor service
sudo systemctl stop supervisor	Stop the Supervisor service
sudo systemctl restart supervisor	Restart Supervisor
sudo systemctl status supervisor	Check the status of Supervisor
sudo systemctl enable supervisor	Enable Supervisor to run at boot
sudo systemctl disable supervisor	Disable Supervisor from running at boot

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⚙️ Supervisor CLI Commands

These use the supervisorctl command:

Command	Description
sudo supervisorctl	Enter Supervisor interactive mode
sudo supervisorctl status	View the status of all managed processes
sudo supervisorctl start <program>	Start a specific program
sudo supervisorctl stop <program>	Stop a specific program
sudo supervisorctl restart <program>	Restart a specific program
sudo supervisorctl reread	Reread config files (does not apply changes yet)
sudo supervisorctl update	Apply changes after reread (add/remove programs)
sudo supervisorctl reload	Restart Supervisor and all managed processes
sudo supervisorctl shutdown	Gracefully shut down Supervisor daemon

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📁 Supervisor Config Locations (Ubuntu)

Path	Description
/etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf	Main Supervisor config file
/etc/supervisor/conf.d/	Directory to store individual program config files

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🛠️ Example Workflow After Adding a New Program

sudo supervisorctl reread
sudo supervisorctl update
sudo supervisorctl start your_program_name