This document provides a cheatsheet comparing commands for managing services and system states between SysV init and systemd. It lists the equivalent commands for starting, stopping, restarting, checking status of services, enabling or disabling services at boot, and checking and changing the system runlevel or target unit. Additional systemd-specific commands are also included for managing logs, checking for failed units, listing targets and jobs, and changing power states.
This document provides a cheatsheet comparing commands for managing services and system states between SysV init and systemd. It lists the equivalent commands for starting, stopping, restarting, checking status of services, enabling or disabling services at boot, and checking and changing the system runlevel or target unit. Additional systemd-specific commands are also included for managing logs, checking for failed units, listing targets and jobs, and changing power states.
service httpd start systemctl start httpd.service Used to start a service (not reboot persistent). service httpd stop systemctl stop httpd.service Used to stop a service (not reboot persistent). service httpd restart systemctl restart httpd.service Used to stop and then start a service. service httpd reload systemctl reload httpd.service When supported, reloads the cong le without interrupting pending operations. service httpd condrestart systemctl condrestart httpd.service Restarts if the service is already running. service httpd status systemctl status httpd.service Tells whether a service is currently running. service --status-all systemctl list-units --type service Displays the status of all services. ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/ systemctl list-unit-files --type=service Used to list the services that can be started or stopped. Used to list all the services and other units. chkconfig httpd on systemctl enable httpd.service Turn the service on, for start at next boot, or other trigger. chkconfig httpd off systemctl disable httpd.service Turn the service o for the next reboot, or any other trigger. chkconfig httpd systemctl is-enabled httpd.service Used to check whether a service is congured to start or not in the current environment. chkconfig --list systemctl list-unit-files --type=service ls /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/ Print a table of services that lists which runlevels each is congured on or o. chkconfig httpd --list ls /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/httpd.service Used to list what levels this service is congured on or o. chkconfig httpd --add systemctl daemon-reload Used when you create a new service le or modify any conguration. Sysvinit Runlevel Systemd Target Notes 0 runlevel0.target, powero.target Halt the system. 1, s, single runlevel1.target, rescue.target Single user mode. 2, 4 runlevel2.target, runlevel4.target, multi-user.target User-dened/Site-specic runlevels - identical to 3. 3 runlevel3.target, multi-user.target Multi-user, non-graphical. Users can usually login via multiple consoles or via the network. 5 runlevel5.target, graphical.target Multi-user, graphical. Usually has all the services of run- level 3 plus a graphical login. 6 runlevel6.target, reboot.target Reboot emergency emergency.target Emergency shell Command Notes systemctl get-default Determine which target unit is used by default. systemctl set-default multi-user.target Change default boot target to multi-user.target. journalctl -b Show all messages from this boot. journalctl -b -p err Show all messages of priority levels ERROR (4) and worse, from the current boot. journalctl -p warning --since="2014-06-14 23:59:59" View the warning or higher priority messages from certain point in time. journalctl -f Follow new messages. journalctl /usr/sbin/httpd Show all messages by a specic executable. journalctl --full Display full (= not truncated) messages. systemctl --state=failed Lets nd the systemd services which fail to start. systemctl list-units --type=target Show current runlevel. systemctl isolate graphical.target Changes the current target (runlevel). systemctl rescue/emergency Changing to Rescue(single user mode)/Emergency Mode. systemd-cgls cgroup tree systemctl show -p "Wants" multi-user.target What other units does a unit depend on? systemctl list-jobs Check for possibly stuck jobs use. Old Command Systemd Command Description halt systemctl halt Halts the system. poweroff systemctl poweroff Powers o the system. reboot systemctl reboot Restarts the system. pm-suspend systemctl suspend Suspends the system. pm-hibernate systemctl hibernate Hibernates the system. pm-suspend-hybrid systemctl hybrid-sleep Hibernates and suspends the system. This card may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU general public licence