Cheat Sheet - Gateway Processes and Daemons

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

This PDF presents the most important Check Point Security Gateway processes and daemons from sk97638 in a compact and structured format. It serves as a quick technical reference for administration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and error analysis of a Check Point Gateway.

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The processes are grouped according to their function or the associated Software Blade. This makes it easy to quickly identify which daemon belongs to which system area. The color scheme also helps with orientation: main sections are shown in black, function and Blade groups in violet, and individual daemons in light blue.

Each daemon block contains information relevant to operation and troubleshooting:

• Desc: Brief description of the process's purpose and function.
• Dep: Dependencies or parent processes.
• Log: Relevant log files for analysis.
• Stop: Command or method used to stop the process.
• Start: Command or method used to start the process.
• Debug: Associated Check Point SecureKnowledge articles (sk) containing additional information for debugging and troubleshooting. If no specific Debug SK is available, sk97638 is used as the general reference.

This overview makes it possible to quickly understand the relationships between Gateway components and find the appropriate operational, logging, and debugging information in one place. It is particularly useful as a cheat sheet for Check Point administrators and support/troubleshooting scenarios.


An excerpt from the overview:

Version	Doing	Date
1.0a	kickoff version	02/09/2026
1.0b	bug in drawing fixed	03/09/2026
1.0f	bug fix (autoupdate, cplp)	13/09/2026
1.0k	bug fix (logging)	17/09/2026

[Ingard]

Great overview of the processes.

One minor note: for the Autoupdater, the process is listed instead of the logging path.

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

@Ingard  Thank you for the information.

I have fixed a few minor issues in the overview.