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Systemctl Commands Cheat Sheet

The document provides a cheat sheet of commands for managing systemd services and targets using the systemctl command. It lists commands for starting, stopping, restarting, checking status of services, enabling/disabling services to persist after reboots, masking/unmasking services, listing units, reloading unit files after editing, checking dependencies, and managing targets.

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Systemctl Commands Cheat Sheet

The document provides a cheat sheet of commands for managing systemd services and targets using the systemctl command. It lists commands for starting, stopping, restarting, checking status of services, enabling/disabling services to persist after reboots, masking/unmasking services, listing units, reloading unit files after editing, checking dependencies, and managing targets.

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rgdacosta.zero-effort.net http://rgdacosta.zero-effort.

net/tip-of-the-day-managing-systemd-with-systemctl/

systemctl cheat sheet


rgdacosta 2015-02-27

systemd is awesome! If you don’t like it, accept that your cheese has been moved and you now have to deal with it.
Here are a few systemctl commands to help you get started off.

Start a service

$ systemctl start foo

Stop a service

$ systemctl stop foo

Restart a service

$ systemctl restart foo

Check the status of a service

$ systemctl status foo

Enable a service to persistently start (like chkconfig on)

$ systemctl enable foo

Disable a service to persistently stop (like chkconfig off)

$ systemctl disable foo

Mask a service (prevent it from being (accidentally) started

$ systemctl mask foo

Unmask a service so that it can be started

$ systemctl unmask foo

List all services

$ systemctl list-units --type=service

List all targets

$ systemctl list-units --type=target

List all units

$ systemctl list-units

Find out where a service’s definition file is

$ systemctl status foo | grep Loaded


Reload systemd’s unit files (required after editing a unit file)

$ systemctl daemon-reload

List all enabled services

$ systemctl list-units-files | grep enabled

List all disabled services

$ systemctl list-units-files | grep disabled

List the dependencies of a service

$ systemctl list-dependencies foo.service

List the dependencies of a target

$ systemctl list-dependencies foo.target

List all failed units

$ systemctl --state=failed

List all failed services

$ systemctl --state=failed --type=service

List targets (like runlevels

$ systemctl list-units --type=target

Change to a different target

$ systemctl isolate desired.target

Set a target to be the default

$ systemctl set-default desired.target

View the default target

$ systemctl get-default

List which targets you’re currently using

$ systemctl list-units --type=target

List which units a target calls

$ systemctl show --property=Wants foo.target

List what units are called when a target is isolated

$ systemd --test --system --unit=foo.target

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