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| <refentry id="systemctl"> |
| |
| <refentryinfo> |
| <title>systemctl</title> |
| <productname>systemd</productname> |
| |
| <authorgroup> |
| <author> |
| <contrib>Developer</contrib> |
| <firstname>Lennart</firstname> |
| <surname>Poettering</surname> |
| <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> |
| </author> |
| </authorgroup> |
| </refentryinfo> |
| |
| <refmeta> |
| <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle> |
| <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> |
| </refmeta> |
| |
| <refnamediv> |
| <refname>systemctl</refname> |
| <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and session manager</refpurpose> |
| </refnamediv> |
| |
| <refsynopsisdiv> |
| <cmdsynopsis> |
| <command>systemctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command> |
| </cmdsynopsis> |
| </refsynopsisdiv> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Description</title> |
| |
| <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to |
| introspect and control the state of the |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| system and session manager.</para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Options</title> |
| |
| <para>The following options are understood:</para> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--help</option></term> |
| <term><option>-h</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Prints a short help |
| text and exits.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--type=</option></term> |
| <term><option>-t</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When listing units, |
| limit display to certain unit |
| types. If not specified units of all |
| types will be shown. The argument |
| should be a unit type name such as |
| <option>service</option>, |
| <option>socket</option> and |
| similar.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--property=</option></term> |
| <term><option>-p</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When showing |
| unit/job/manager information, limit |
| display to certain properties as |
| specified as argument. If not |
| specified all set properties are |
| shown. The argument should be a |
| property name, such as |
| <literal>MainPID</literal>. If |
| specified more than once all |
| properties with the specified names |
| are shown.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--all</option></term> |
| <term><option>-a</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When listing units, |
| show all units, regardless of their |
| state, including inactive units. When |
| showing unit/job/manager information, |
| show all properties regardless whether |
| they are set or not.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--full</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize unit |
| names in the output of |
| <command>list-units</command> and |
| <command>list-jobs</command>.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--fail</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>If the requested |
| operation conflicts with a pending |
| unfinished job, fail the command. If |
| this is not specified the requested |
| operation will replace the pending job, |
| if necessary.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--quiet</option></term> |
| <term><option>-q</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Suppress output to |
| STDOUT in |
| <command>snapshot</command>, |
| <command>check</command>, |
| <command>enable</command> and |
| <command>disable</command>.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-block</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Do not synchronously wait for |
| the requested operation to finish. If this is |
| not specified the job will be verified, |
| enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will |
| wait until it is completed. By passing this |
| argument it is only verified and |
| enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--system</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd |
| system manager. (Default)</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--session</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd |
| session manager of the calling user.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--order</option></term> |
| <term><option>--require</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When used in |
| conjunction with the |
| <command>dot</command> command (see |
| below), selects which dependencies are |
| shown in the dependency graph. If |
| <option>--order</option> is passed |
| only dependencies of type |
| <varname>After=</varname> or |
| <varname>Before=</varname> are |
| shown. If <option>--require</option> |
| is passed only dependencies of type |
| <varname>Requires=</varname>, |
| <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>, |
| <varname>Requisite=</varname>, |
| <varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname>, |
| <varname>Wants=</varname> and |
| <varname>Conflicts=</varname> are |
| shown. If neither is passed, shows |
| dependencies of all these |
| types.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-wall</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Don't send wall |
| message before |
| halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--global</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When used with |
| <command>enable</command> and |
| <command>disable</command>, operate on the |
| global session configuŕation |
| directory, thus enabling or disabling |
| a unit file globally for all future |
| sessions of all users.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--no-reload</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When used with |
| <command>enable</command> and |
| <command>disable</command>, do not |
| implicitly reload daemon configuration |
| after executing the |
| changes.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--force</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When used with |
| <command>enable</command>, override any |
| existing conflicting |
| symlinks.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><option>--defaults</option></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>When used with |
| <command>disable</command>, ensures |
| that only the symlinks created by |
| <command>enable</command> are removed, |
| not all symlinks pointing to the unit |
| file that shall be |
| disabled.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| |
| <para>The following commands are understood:</para> |
| |
| <variablelist> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-units</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>List known units.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>start [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Start (activate) one |
| or more units specified on the command |
| line.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>stop [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Stop (deactivate) one |
| or more units specified on the command |
| line.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reload [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Asks all units listed |
| on the command line to reload their |
| configuration. Note that this will |
| reload the service-specific |
| configuration, not the unit |
| configuration file of systemd. If you |
| want systemd to reload the |
| configuration file of a unit use the |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> |
| command. In other words: for the |
| example case of Apache, this will |
| reload Apache's |
| <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the |
| web server, not the |
| <filename>apache.service</filename> |
| systemd unit file. </para> |
| |
| <para>This command should not be |
| confused with the |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> or |
| <command>load</command> |
| commands.</para></listitem> |
| |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Restart one or more |
| units specified on the command |
| line. If the units are not running yet |
| they will be |
| started.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Restart one or more |
| units specified on the command |
| line. If the units are not running yet |
| the operation will |
| fail.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Reload one or more |
| units if they support it. If not, |
| restart them instead. Note that for |
| compatibility with SysV and Red Hat |
| init scripts |
| <command>force-reload</command> and |
| <command>condrestart</command> may be |
| used as equivalent commands to |
| <command>reload-or-try-restart</command>.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Start the unit |
| specified on the command line and its |
| dependencies and stop all |
| others.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>is-active [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Check whether any of |
| the specified units is active |
| (i.e. running). Returns an exit code |
| 0 if at least one is active, non-zero |
| otherwise. Unless |
| <option>--quiet</option> is specified |
| this will also print the current unit |
| state to STDOUT.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>status [NAME...|PID...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Show terse runtime |
| status information about one or more |
| units. This function is intended to |
| generate human-readable output. If you |
| are looking for computer-parsable |
| output, use <command>show</command> |
| instead. If a PID is passed |
| information about the unit the process |
| of the PID belongs to is |
| shown.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Show properties of one |
| or more units, jobs or the manager |
| itself. If no argument is specified |
| properties of the manager will be |
| shown. If a unit name is specified |
| properties of the unit is shown, and |
| if a job id is specified properties of |
| the job is shown. By default, empty |
| properties are suppressed. Use |
| <option>--all</option> to show those |
| too. To select specific properties to |
| show use |
| <option>--property=</option>. This |
| command is intended to be used |
| whenever computer-parsable output is |
| required. Use |
| <command>status</command> if you are |
| looking for formatted human-readable |
| output.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reset-maintenance [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Reset maintenance |
| state of the specified units, or if no |
| unit name is passed of all units. When |
| a unit fails in some way (i.e. process |
| exiting with non-zero error code, |
| terminating abnormally or timing out) |
| it will automatically enter |
| maintenance state and its exit codes |
| and status is recorded for |
| introspection by the administrator |
| until the service is restarted or |
| reset with this |
| command.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Enable one or more |
| unit files, as specified on the |
| command line. This will create a |
| number of symlinks as encoded in the |
| <literal>[Install]</literal> sections |
| of the unit files. After the symlinks |
| have been created the systemd |
| configuration is reloaded (in a way |
| that is equivalent to |
| <command>daemon-reload</command>) to |
| ensure the changes are taken into |
| account immediately. Note that this |
| does not have the effect that any of |
| the units enabled are also started at |
| the same time. If this is desired a |
| seperate <command>start</command> |
| command must be invoked for the |
| unit.</para> |
| |
| <para>This command will |
| print the actions executed. This |
| output may be suppressed by passing |
| <option>--quiet</option>.</para> |
| |
| <para>Note that this operation creates |
| only the suggested symlinks for the |
| units. While this command is the |
| recommended way to manipulate the unit |
| configuration directory, the |
| administrator is free to make |
| additional changes manually, by |
| placing or removing symlinks in the |
| directory. This is particular useful |
| to create configurations that deviate |
| from the suggested default |
| installation. In this case the |
| administrator must make sure to invoke |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> |
| manually as necessary, to ensure his |
| changes are taken into account.</para> |
| |
| <para>Enabling units should not be |
| confused with starting (activating) |
| units, as done by the |
| <command>start</command> |
| command. Enabling and starting units |
| is orthogonal: units may be enabled |
| without being started and started |
| without being enabled. Enabling simply |
| hooks the unit into various suggested |
| places (for example, so that the unit |
| is automatically started on boot or |
| when a particular kind of hardware is |
| plugged in). Starting actually spawns |
| the daemon process (in case of service |
| units), or binds the socket (in case |
| of socket units), and so |
| on.</para> |
| |
| <para>Depending on whether |
| <option>--system</option>, |
| <option>--session</option> or |
| <option>--global</option> is specified |
| this enables the unit for the system, |
| for sessions of the calling user only |
| or for all future session of all |
| users. Note that in the latter case no |
| systemd daemon configuration is |
| reloaded.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>disable [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Disables one or more |
| units. This removes all symlinks to |
| the specified unit files from the unit |
| configuration directory, and hence |
| undoes the changes made by |
| <command>enable</command>. Note |
| however that this by default removes |
| all symlinks to the unit files |
| (i.e. including manual additions), not |
| just those actually created by |
| <command>enable</command>. If only the |
| symlinks that are suggested by default |
| shall be removed, pass |
| <option>--defaults</option>. This |
| implicitly reloads the systemd daemon |
| configuration after completing the |
| disabling of the units. Note that this |
| command does not implicitly stop the |
| units that is being disabled. If this |
| is desired an additional |
| <command>stop</command>command should |
| be executed afterwards.</para> |
| |
| <para>This command will print the |
| actions executed. This output may be |
| suppressed by passing |
| <option>--quiet</option>.</para> |
| </listitem> |
| |
| <para>This command honours |
| <option>--system</option>, |
| <option>--session</option>, |
| <option>--global</option> in a similar |
| way as |
| <command>enable</command>.</para> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>is-enabled [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Checks whether any of |
| the specified unit files is enabled |
| (as with |
| <command>enable</command>). Returns an |
| exit code of 0 if at least one is |
| enabled, non-zero |
| otherwise.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Load one or more units |
| specified on the command line. This |
| will simply load their configuration |
| from disk, but not start them. To |
| start them you need to use the |
| <command>start</command> command which |
| will implicitly load a unit that has |
| not been loaded yet. Note that systemd |
| garbage collects loaded units that are |
| not active or referenced by an active |
| unit. This means that units loaded |
| this way will usually not stay loaded |
| for long. Also note that this command |
| cannot be used to reload unit |
| configuration. Use the |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> |
| command for that. All in all, this |
| command is of little use except for |
| debugging.</para> |
| <para>This command should not be |
| confused with the |
| <command>daemon-reload</command> or |
| <command>reload</command> |
| commands.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>list-jobs</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Cancel one or more |
| jobs specified on the command line by |
| their numeric job |
| IDs. If not job id is specified cancels all jobs that are pending.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>monitor</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Monitor unit/job |
| changes. This is mostly useful for |
| debugging purposes and prints a line |
| each time systemd loads or unloads a |
| unit configuration file, or a unit |
| property changes.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>dump</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Dump server |
| status. This will output a (usually |
| very long) human readable manager |
| status dump. Its format is subject to |
| change without notice and should not |
| be parsed by |
| applications.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>dot</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Generate textual |
| dependency graph description in dot |
| format for further processing with the |
| GraphViz |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| tool. Use a command line like |
| <command>systemctl dot | dot -Tsvg > |
| systemd.svg</command> to generate a |
| graphical dependency tree. Unless |
| <option>--order</option> or |
| <option>--require</option> is passed |
| the generated graph will show both |
| ordering and requirement |
| dependencies.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>snapshot [NAME]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Create a snapshot. If |
| a snapshot name is specified, the new |
| snapshot will be named after it. If |
| none is specified an automatic |
| snapshot name is generated. In either |
| case, the snapshot name used is |
| printed to STDOUT, unless |
| <option>--quiet</option> is |
| specified.</para> |
| |
| <para>A snapshot refers to a saved |
| state of the systemd manager. It is |
| implemented itself as unit that is |
| generated dynamically with this |
| command and has dependencies on all |
| units active at the time. At a later |
| time the user may return to this state |
| by using the |
| <command>isolate</command> command on |
| the snapshot unit.</para></listitem> |
| |
| <para>Snapshots are only useful for |
| saving and restoring which units are |
| running or are stopped, they do not |
| save/restore any other |
| state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost |
| on reboot.</para> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>delete [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Remove a snapshot |
| previously created with |
| <command>snapshot</command>.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Reload systemd manager |
| configuration. This will reload all |
| unit files and recreate the entire |
| dependency tree. While the daemon is |
| reloaded, all sockets systemd listens |
| on on behalf of user configuration will |
| stay accessible.</para> <para>This |
| command should not be confused with |
| the <command>load</command> or |
| <command>reload</command> |
| commands.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Reexecute the systemd |
| manager. This will serialize the |
| manager state, reexecute the process |
| and deserialize the state again. This |
| command is of little use except for |
| debugging and package |
| upgrades. Sometimes it might be |
| helpful as a heavy-weight |
| <command>daemon-reload</command>. While |
| the daemon is reexecuted all sockets |
| systemd listens on on behalf of user |
| configuration will stay |
| accessible.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>daemon-exit</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Ask the systemd |
| manager to quit. This is only |
| supported for session managers |
| (i.e. in conjunction with the |
| <option>--session</option> option) and |
| will fail otherwise.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>show-environment</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Dump the systemd |
| manager environment block. The |
| environment block will be dumped in |
| straight-forward form suitable for |
| sourcing into a shell script. This |
| environment block will be passed to |
| all processes the manager |
| spawns.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>set-environment [NAME=VALUE...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Set one or more |
| systemd manager environment variables, |
| as specified on the command |
| line.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>unset-environment [NAME...]</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Unset one or more |
| systemd manager environment |
| variables. If only a variable name is |
| specified it will be removed |
| regardless of its value. If a variable |
| and a value are specified the variable |
| is only removed if it has the |
| specified value.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>halt</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Shut down and halt the |
| system. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>start halt.target</command> |
| but also prints a wall message to all |
| users.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>poweroff</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Shut down and |
| power-off the system. This is mostly |
| equivalent to <command>start |
| poweroff.target</command> but also |
| prints a wall message to all |
| users.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>reboot</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Shut down and |
| reboot the system. This is mostly |
| equivalent to <command>start |
| reboot.target</command> but also |
| prints a wall message to all |
| users.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>default</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Enter default |
| mode. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>start |
| default.target</command>.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>rescue</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Enter rescue |
| mode. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>isolate |
| rescue.target</command> but also |
| prints a wall message to all |
| users.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| <varlistentry> |
| <term><command>emergency</command></term> |
| |
| <listitem><para>Enter emergency |
| mode. This is mostly equivalent to |
| <command>isolate |
| emergency.target</command> but also |
| prints a wall message to all |
| users.</para></listitem> |
| </varlistentry> |
| </variablelist> |
| |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>Exit status</title> |
| |
| <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure |
| code otherwise.</para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| <refsect1> |
| <title>See Also</title> |
| <para> |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| </refentry> |