start-systemd-services.xml

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    <title>Starting and stopping &systemd; services </title>
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    <abstract>
      <para>
        You can start and stop &systemd; services by using units which are resources.
        The target units are service units, which have a <literal>.service</literal> suffix. For service management tasks, you do
        not have to add the <literal>.service </literal>because &systemd; knows that you want to execute a service.
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  <para>
To start and stop &systemd; services, use the following commands:
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    <para>
     To start a &systemd; service:
    </para>
<screen>&prompt.sudo; systemctl start <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></screen>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>
   To check the status of a &systemd; service:
    </para>
<screen>&prompt.sudo; systemctl status  <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></screen>
  </listitem>
<listitem>
    <para>
  To stop a currently running &systemd; service:            </para>
<screen>&prompt.sudo; systemctl stop <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></screen>   </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You can also use the following <command>systemctl</command> commands:</para>
         <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>Stops the service and then starts it. If the service is not running, it is started.</para>
<screen>&prompt.sudo; systemctl restart <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></screen>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
            <para>Reloads the &systemd; service's configuration file without interrupting operations.</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; systemctl reload <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></screen>
            </listitem>
          <listitem>
              <para>Reloads the service if it supports reloading, otherwise it restarts the service. If the service is not
                running, it is started.</para>
<screen>&prompt.sudo; systemctl reload-or-restart <replaceable>SERVICE</replaceable></screen>
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