Comparion of service and chkconfig commands against systemctl utility
A short article providing a comparison between the service and systemctl utilities, and between the chkconfig and systemctl utilities
service vs systemctl
| Action | service | systemctl |
|---|---|---|
| Start a service | service name start | systemctl start name.service |
| Stop a service | service name stop | systemctl stop name.service |
| Restart a service | service name restart | systemctl restart name.service |
| Restart a service (only if already running) | service name condrestart | systemctl try-restart name.service |
| Reload configuration | service name reload | systemctl reload name.service |
| Check if a service is running | service name status | systemctl status name.service systemctl is-active name.service |
| Display the status of all services | service --status-all | systemctl list-units --type service --all |
chkconfig vs systemctl
| Action | chkconfig | systemctl |
|---|---|---|
| Enable a service | chkconfig name on | systemctl enable name.service |
| Disable a service | chkconfig name off | systemctl disable name.service |
| Check if a service is enabled | chkconfig --list name | systemctl status name.service systemctl is-enabled name.service |
| List all services and checks if they are enabled | chkconfig --list | systemctl list-unit-files --type service |
| List services that are ordered to start before the specified unit | chkconfig --list | systemctl list-dependencies --before |
| List services that are ordered to start after the specified unit | chkconfig --list | systemctl list-dependencies --before |