Systemd

Abstract

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• An Init System

Commands

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systemctl daemon-reload

• systemctl caches the service config files. When we make edits or add in new service config file. We should call this command to take in the changes

Terminologies

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Units

• Things that Systemd can manage for you

Runtime Units

• Config files stored inside /run/systemd/system

Priority

• /etc/systemd/system 1st priority, Runtime Units 2nd priority, followed by /lib/systemd/system

Service

• A type of Units
• Example: Systemd service for HashiCorp Vault