diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-cortex-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-cortex-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db383e2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-cortex-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start cortex $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-curator-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-curator-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..676da0d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-curator-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start curator $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastalert-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastalert-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7101eec15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elastalert-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start elastalert $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76a3baac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start elasticsearch $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-filebeat-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-filebeat-start
index e5ce6ed88..e15c2e5e9 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-filebeat-start
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-filebeat-start
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
-
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#    (at your option) any later version.
 #
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
 #
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-docker rm so-filebeat && salt-call state.apply filebeat
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start filebeat $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06133ef58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-fleet-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start fleet $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-grafana-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-grafana-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..660d1d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-grafana-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start grafana $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edf7ec61f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-kibana-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start kibana $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-logstash-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-logstash-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd2e168f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-logstash-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start logstash $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-mysql-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-mysql-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a02b7658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-mysql-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start mysql $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34ddf18aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-playbook-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start playbook $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ef2d3c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start redis $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-restart b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-restart
index 0bf5b7736..968b7233a 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-restart
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-restart
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 echo $banner
-printf "Restarting $1\n"
+printf "Restarting $1...\n\nThis could take a while if another Salt job is running. \nRun this command with --force to stop all Salt jobs before proceeding.\n"
 echo $banner
 
 if [ "$2" = "--force" ]
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ fi
 
 case $1 in
    "cortex") docker stop so-thehive-cortex so-thehive && docker rm so-thehive-cortex so-thehive && salt-call state.apply hive queue=True;;
-   *) docker stop so-$1 && docker rm so-$1 && salt-call state.apply $1 queue=True;;
+   *)  docker stop so-$1 ; docker rm so-$1 ; salt-call state.apply $1 queue=True;;
 esac
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soctopus-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soctopus-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0d2a2a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-soctopus-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start soctopus $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start
index 8ad0326db..70b8d6aed 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start
@@ -1 +1,36 @@
-sudo salt-call state.highstate
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Usage: so-start  all | filebeat | kibana | playbook | thehive
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+echo $banner
+printf "Starting $1...\n\nThis could take a while if another Salt job is running. \nRun this command with --force to stop all Salt jobs before proceeding.\n"
+echo $banner
+
+if [ "$2" = "--force" ]
+then
+   printf "\nForce-stopping all Salt jobs before proceeding\n\n"
+   salt-call saltutil.kill_all_jobs
+fi
+
+
+case $1 in
+   "all") salt-call state.highstate queue=True;;
+   *) if docker ps | grep -q so-$1; then printf "\n$1 is already running!\n\n"; else docker rm so-$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; salt-call state.apply $1 queue=True; fi
+esac
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-stop b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-stop
index 6fb369826..108424bb9 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-stop
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-stop
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
 echo $banner
-printf "Stopping $1\n"
+printf "Stopping $1...\n"
 echo $banner
 
-docker stop so-$1
+docker stop so-$1 ; docker rm so-$1
 
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-thehive-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-thehive-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17ec7bfaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-thehive-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start thehive $1
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-wazuh-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-wazuh-start
index 195287314..dd64354c7 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-wazuh-start
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-wazuh-start
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 #
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-docker rm so-wazuh && salt-call state.apply wazuh
+docker stop so-wazuh
diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccd475bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-start
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. /usr/sbin/so-common
+
+/usr/sbin/so-start bro $1