systemctl is the main command to control and introspect the systemd Linux init system.
systemd is a system and service manager in Linux. More information about switches and arguments can be found here.
Questions tagged [systemctl]
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Parsable output from systemctl (for example list all units)
I am not happy with the output of systemctl
I have a script which parses the output of
systemctl list-units -t service --full --all
The beginning of the output look like this:
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB …
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fail to enable mysqld service but after reboot the service is running on centos 7
After I installed, I run systemctl enable mysqld.service.
Then, the output is:
Failed to execute operation: Too many levels of symbolic links
After this error, I reboot my service, and I check the status of mysqld.service. systemctl status…
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CentOS 7: Fresh Install Firewalld doesn't work at all (Fatal Error: No IPv4 and IPv6 firewall)
I have the following problem.
I just did an DVD CenOS 7 installation. After I boot into the system I normally login as the root user. From there I'm trying to configure Firewall on my server.
As I'm relatively new to all of this I just did some…
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where is systemctl command in redhat 6.6 64 bit OS?
I was trying to run status of network by following commands.
sudo systemctl status network
However the system says systemctl command not found.
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gunicorn 19.2 fails to start with 18.0 configuration
I've got a dev server running gunicorn/Django behind nginx. As part of a wider server environment update, I attempted to upgrade gunicorn from 18.0 to 19.2.1, but the service would no longer start. (The server is running Arch and therefore uses…
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clamav-daemon start condition failed, /var/lib/clamav/daily.{c[vl]d,inc} was not met
After installing Modoboa(Open Source Mail Hosting), I Tried to start clamav-daemon, but i faced start condition failed.
systemctl status clamav-daemon.service
clamav-daemon.service - Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon
Loaded: loaded…
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systemctl after dependency not listed (and probably not working)
I want to migrate gammu-smsd service to mariadb, so I have edited service systemctl edit --full gammu-smsd.service - I have added mariadb.service on After line.
[Unit]
Description=SMS daemon for…
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`systemctl show` outputs incorrect MemoryCurrent value
on one box, systemctl show get an incorrect value for unit memory usage:
$ systemctl show crond | grep MemoryCurrent
MemoryCurrent=18446744073709551615
18446744073709551615 == UINT64_MAX, this must be incorrect.
but another box shows correct memory…
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Show custom exit status in systemctl
I would like to show a custom message when someone runs systemctl status and the script has failed.
Systemd seems to have a few built in.
If I have a script that runs exit 200 systemctl status will out put (code=exited, status=200/CHDIR)
How can set…
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Mongodb doesn't start using systemctl
When I try to start the mongo service(systemctl start mongodb) I get this error in journalctl:
Mar 21 15:36:18 redhat7 systemd[1]: Started High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database.
Mar 21 15:36:18 redhat7 systemd[1]: Starting…
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Systemd service: Failed to issue method call: Unit service failed
I am trying to make a custom service in my VPS. However, it doesn't let me to run it. It says the following. I am not sure what is going on but when I run it on my Ubuntu laptop, it works properly. What could be the problem?
sudo systemctl start…
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Why does `systemctl start myservice` not fork this service?
I have written a systemd service.
When I run systemctl start foo.service, the service starts and runs correctly, but systemctl does not return immediately to the shell.
After a while it exits with
Job for foo.service failed because a timeout was…
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CentOS7 systemctl calling ExecStop on reboot after my procceses are already killed
I have a systemd script which is as follows:
[Unit]
Description=My sites
Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '/etc/xxx/mySites start'
ExecStop=/bin/bash -c '/etc/xxx/mySites stop'
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How to debug linux startup hang
My ubuntu system hangs on the startup. It hangs on [OK] items like usual on boot. Interestingly, I am able to ssh onto this machine, but the boot never finishes and login screen doesn't appear. What should I do to debug the problem?
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systemctl shows inactive / dead, but service is running
I would like to manage a TeamSpeak 3 server with systemd (systemctl).
When I start / stop / restart the TeamSpeak 3 server using systemctl command, systemctl is returning the correct status:
$ systemctl status ts3server.service
● ts3server.service -…
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