Chapter 4: Controlling systemd Services
Now that we've seen what systemd services are, it's time to learn how to control them. In this chapter, we're going to do just that. Specifically, we'll cover the following skills:
- Verifying the status of a service
- Starting, stopping, and reloading services
- Enabling and disabling services
- Killing a service
- Masking services
These are good skills to have, because you'll be practicing them a lot in your routine as a Linux server administrator. So, if you're ready, let's get started.
