Controlling_Services.md

Controlling System Services

Objectives :-

• Starting and Stoping services
• Restarting services
• Enabling or disabling services

Starting and Stoping services

Start services using systemctl command. systemctl start SERVICENAME command used to start specific service.

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl start httpd.service

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl start httpd (no need to type .service same command as above)

Stop services using systemctl command. systemctl stop SERVICENAME command used to stop specific service

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl stop httpd.service

Restarting services

Restarting services using systemctl command systemctl restart SERVICENAME command used to restart specific service.

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart httpd.service

Enabling or disabling services

enabling or disabling services to start or stop at boot systemctl enable SERVICENAME command used to enable services

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl enable httpd

systemctl disable SERVICENAME command used to disable services

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl disable httpd.service