CentOS Boot Interactively

If your server is having difficulty completing boot cycle, determine what service is causing issues by booting interactively.

If your server is having difficulty completing the boot cycle, you can determine what service is causing issues by booting interactively.

To do this, you need to login to the console of the server, see: https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/28/0/how-can-i-get-console-access-to-my-vps

• Restart the VPS
• Press a key when prompted to view the list of kernels
• Highlight the first one and press 'a' to modify the kernel arguments
• At the end of the line type: confirm
• Press Enter

This will now boot and ask you to confirm loading each service.