how to close selenium hub/grid from command prompt

Question

I start Selenium hub to start Selenium Grid from command prompt on port 4444. Now I start Selenium RC from other command prompt.

It shows me error message that "Selenium is already running on port 4444. Or some other service is..."

Now I am not able to start Selenium RC. Please help me how to close /shutdown hub from command prompt.

Answer 1

I am trying this we can also use our web browser to stop the server.

you can try following URL to shut down the server. http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/driver/?cmd=shutDownSeleniumServer

Answer 2

You only need to hit this link http://localhost:4444/lifecycle-manager?action=shutdown