A small collection of Systemd commands, along with the Sysvinit counterparts.
| Sysvinit Command | Systemd Command | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| service frobozz start | systemctl start frobozz | Used to start a service (not reboot persistent) |
| service frobozz stop | systemctl stop frobozz | Used to stop a service (not reboot persistent) |
| service frobozz restart | systemctl restart frobozz | Used to stop and then start a service |
| service frobozz reload | systemctl reload frobozz | When supported, reloads the config file without interrupting pending operations. |
| service frobozz condrestart | systemctl condrestart frobozz | Restarts if the service is already running. |
| service frobozz status | systemctl status frobozz | Tells whether a service is currently running. |
| ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/ | systemctl (or) systemctl list-unit-files –type=service (or) ls /lib/systemd/system/*.service /etc/systemd/system/*.service |
Used to list the services that can be started or stopped Used to list all the services and other units |
| chkconfig frobozz on | systemctl enable frobozz | Turn the service on, for start at next boot, or other trigger. |
| chkconfig frobozz off | systemctl disable frobozz | Turn the service off for the next reboot, or any other trigger. |
| chkconfig frobozz | systemctl is-enabled frobozz | Used to check whether a service is configured to start or not in the current environment. |
| chkconfig –list | systemctl list-unit-files –type=service (or) ls /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/ | Print a table of services that lists which runlevels each is configured on or off |
| chkconfig frobozz –list | ls /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/frobozz.service | Used to list what levels this service is configured on or off |
| chkconfig frobozz –add | systemctl daemon-reload | Used when you create a new service file or modify any configuration |
Note that all /sbin/service and /sbin/chkconfig lines listed above continue to work on systemd, and will be translated to native equivalents as necessary. The only exception is chkconfig –list.
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