# cfxDimensions Start, Stop order

This section explains how to safely start and stop the cfxDimensions infrastructure, platform & application services.

### Starting cfxDimensions Services: Order of steps (Infrastructure, Platform & Application services)

Login into cfxDimensions platform VM using SSH client as '**macaw**' user for CLI access and start the below services in sequence.

* Infrastructure Services
* Platform Services
* Application Services

Starting cfxDimensions platform infrastructure services:

```
macaw infra start
```

Verify cfxDimensions platform's infrastructure services status and make sure all of them are up & running. 

```
macaw infra status
```

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{% hint style="info" %}
Please wait for 60 to 90 seconds before starting cfxDimensions platform's platform services
{% endhint %}

```
macaw platform start
```

Verify cfxDimensions platform's platform services status and make sure all of them are up & running. 

```
macaw platform status
```

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{% hint style="info" %}
Please wait for 60 to 90 seconds before starting cfxDimensions platform's application services
{% endhint %}

```
macaw services start
```

Verify cfxDimensions platform's application services status and make sure all of them are up & running. 

```
macaw services status
```

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### Stopping cfxDimensions Services: Order of steps (Application, Platform & Infrastructure services)

Login into cfxDimensions platform VM using SSH client as '**macaw**' user for CLI access and stop the below services in sequence.

* Application Services
* Platform Services
* Infrastructure Services

To stop cfxDimensions platform's Application services, run the below command. Wait until all of the services are stopped.

```
macaw services stop
```

```
macaw services status
```

To stop cfxDimensions platform's Platform services, run the below command. Wait until all of the services are stopped.

```
macaw platform stop
```

```
macaw platform status
```

To stop cfxDimensions platform's Infrastructure services, run the below command. Wait until all of the services are stopped.

```
macaw infra stop
```

```
macaw infra status
```


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