Services

Comparison of the service Utility with systemctl

Service	systemctl	Description
service name start	systemctl start name.service	Starts a service.
service name stop	systemctl stop name.service	Stops a service.
service name restart	systemctl restart name.service	Restarts a service.
service namecondrestart	systemctl try-restart name.service	Restarts a service only if it is running.
service name reload	systemctl reload name.service	Reloads configuration.
service name status	systemctl status name.service systemctl is-active name.service	Checks if a service is running.
service --status-all	systemctl list-units --type service --all	Displays the status of all services.

Comparison of the chkconfig Utility with systemctl

chkconfig	systemctl	Description
chkconfig name on	systemctl enable name.service	Enables a service.
chkconfig name off	systemctl disable name.service	Disables a service.
chkconfig --list name	systemctl status name.service	systemctl is-enabled name.service
chkconfig --list	systemctl list-unit-files --type service	Lists all services and checks if they are enabled.
chkconfig --list	systemctl list-dependencies --after	Lists services that are ordered to start before the specified unit.
chkconfig --list	systemctl list-dependencies --before	Lists services that are ordered to start after the specified unit.

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