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ee5762e3 | 24 | <refentry id="systemctl"> |
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25 | |
26 | <refentryinfo> | |
27 | <title>systemctl</title> | |
28 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
29 | ||
30 | <authorgroup> | |
31 | <author> | |
32 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
33 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
34 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
35 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
36 | </author> | |
37 | </authorgroup> | |
38 | </refentryinfo> | |
39 | ||
40 | <refmeta> | |
41 | <refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle> | |
42 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> | |
43 | </refmeta> | |
44 | ||
45 | <refnamediv> | |
46 | <refname>systemctl</refname> | |
af2d49f7 | 47 | <refpurpose>Control the systemd system and service manager</refpurpose> |
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48 | </refnamediv> |
49 | ||
50 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
51 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
52 | <command>systemctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg></command> | |
53 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
54 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
55 | ||
56 | <refsect1> | |
57 | <title>Description</title> | |
58 | ||
59 | <para><command>systemctl</command> may be used to | |
60 | introspect and control the state of the | |
61 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
af2d49f7 | 62 | system and service manager.</para> |
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63 | </refsect1> |
64 | ||
65 | <refsect1> | |
66 | <title>Options</title> | |
67 | ||
68 | <para>The following options are understood:</para> | |
69 | ||
70 | <variablelist> | |
71 | <varlistentry> | |
72 | <term><option>--help</option></term> | |
7594fb25 | 73 | <term><option>-h</option></term> |
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74 | |
75 | <listitem><para>Prints a short help | |
76 | text and exits.</para></listitem> | |
77 | </varlistentry> | |
78 | ||
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79 | <varlistentry> |
80 | <term><option>--version</option></term> | |
81 | ||
82 | <listitem><para>Prints a short version | |
83 | string and exits.</para></listitem> | |
84 | </varlistentry> | |
85 | ||
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86 | <varlistentry> |
87 | <term><option>--type=</option></term> | |
7594fb25 | 88 | <term><option>-t</option></term> |
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89 | |
90 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
91 | limit display to certain unit | |
92 | types. If not specified units of all | |
93 | types will be shown. The argument | |
94 | should be a unit type name such as | |
95 | <option>service</option>, | |
96 | <option>socket</option> and | |
97 | similar.</para></listitem> | |
98 | </varlistentry> | |
99 | ||
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100 | <varlistentry> |
101 | <term><option>--property=</option></term> | |
102 | <term><option>-p</option></term> | |
103 | ||
104 | <listitem><para>When showing | |
105 | unit/job/manager information, limit | |
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106 | display to certain properties as |
107 | specified as argument. If not | |
108 | specified all set properties are | |
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109 | shown. The argument should be a |
110 | property name, such as | |
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111 | <literal>MainPID</literal>. If |
112 | specified more than once all | |
113 | properties with the specified names | |
114 | are shown.</para></listitem> | |
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115 | </varlistentry> |
116 | ||
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117 | <varlistentry> |
118 | <term><option>--all</option></term> | |
7594fb25 | 119 | <term><option>-a</option></term> |
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120 | |
121 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
122 | show all units, regardless of their | |
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123 | state, including inactive units. When |
124 | showing unit/job/manager information, | |
125 | show all properties regardless whether | |
126 | they are set or not.</para></listitem> | |
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127 | </varlistentry> |
128 | ||
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129 | <varlistentry> |
130 | <term><option>--failed</option></term> | |
131 | ||
132 | <listitem><para>When listing units, | |
133 | show only failed units. Do not confuse | |
134 | with | |
135 | <option>--fail</option>.</para></listitem> | |
136 | </varlistentry> | |
137 | ||
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138 | <varlistentry> |
139 | <term><option>--full</option></term> | |
140 | ||
141 | <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize unit | |
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142 | names and truncate unit descriptions |
143 | in the output of | |
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144 | <command>list-units</command> and |
145 | <command>list-jobs</command>.</para></listitem> | |
146 | </varlistentry> | |
147 | ||
7874bcd6 | 148 | <varlistentry> |
90d473a1 | 149 | <term><option>--fail</option></term> |
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150 | |
151 | <listitem><para>If the requested | |
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152 | operation conflicts with a pending |
153 | unfinished job, fail the command. If | |
154 | this is not specified the requested | |
155 | operation will replace the pending job, | |
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156 | if necessary. Do not confuse |
157 | with | |
158 | <option>--failed</option>.</para></listitem> | |
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159 | </varlistentry> |
160 | ||
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161 | <varlistentry> |
162 | <term><option>--ignore-dependencies</option></term> | |
163 | ||
164 | <listitem><para>When enqueuing a new | |
165 | job ignore all its dependencies and | |
166 | execute it immediately. If passed no | |
167 | required units of the unit passed will | |
168 | be pulled in, and no ordering | |
169 | dependencies will be honoured. This is | |
170 | mostly a debugging and rescue tool for | |
171 | the administrator and should not be | |
172 | used by | |
173 | applications.</para></listitem> | |
174 | </varlistentry> | |
175 | ||
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176 | <varlistentry> |
177 | <term><option>--quiet</option></term> | |
178 | <term><option>-q</option></term> | |
179 | ||
180 | <listitem><para>Suppress output to | |
181 | STDOUT in | |
182 | <command>snapshot</command>, | |
3d428115 | 183 | <command>is-active</command>, |
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184 | <command>enable</command> and |
185 | <command>disable</command>.</para></listitem> | |
186 | </varlistentry> | |
187 | ||
188 | <varlistentry> | |
189 | <term><option>--no-block</option></term> | |
190 | ||
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191 | <listitem><para>Do not synchronously wait for |
192 | the requested operation to finish. If this is | |
193 | not specified the job will be verified, | |
194 | enqueued and <command>systemctl</command> will | |
195 | wait until it is completed. By passing this | |
196 | argument it is only verified and | |
197 | enqueued.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> | |
ee5762e3 | 198 | |
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199 | <varlistentry> |
200 | <term><option>--no-pager</option></term> | |
201 | ||
202 | <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a | |
203 | pager.</para></listitem> | |
204 | </varlistentry> | |
205 | ||
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206 | <varlistentry> |
207 | <term><option>--system</option></term> | |
208 | ||
209 | <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd | |
210 | system manager. (Default)</para></listitem> | |
211 | </varlistentry> | |
212 | ||
213 | <varlistentry> | |
af2d49f7 | 214 | <term><option>--user</option></term> |
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215 | |
216 | <listitem><para>Talk to the systemd | |
af2d49f7 | 217 | manager of the calling user.</para></listitem> |
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218 | </varlistentry> |
219 | ||
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220 | <varlistentry> |
221 | <term><option>--order</option></term> | |
222 | <term><option>--require</option></term> | |
223 | ||
224 | <listitem><para>When used in | |
225 | conjunction with the | |
226 | <command>dot</command> command (see | |
227 | below), selects which dependencies are | |
228 | shown in the dependency graph. If | |
229 | <option>--order</option> is passed | |
230 | only dependencies of type | |
231 | <varname>After=</varname> or | |
232 | <varname>Before=</varname> are | |
233 | shown. If <option>--require</option> | |
234 | is passed only dependencies of type | |
235 | <varname>Requires=</varname>, | |
236 | <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>, | |
237 | <varname>Requisite=</varname>, | |
238 | <varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname>, | |
239 | <varname>Wants=</varname> and | |
240 | <varname>Conflicts=</varname> are | |
241 | shown. If neither is passed, shows | |
242 | dependencies of all these | |
243 | types.</para></listitem> | |
244 | </varlistentry> | |
245 | ||
7874bcd6 | 246 | <varlistentry> |
ee5762e3 | 247 | <term><option>--no-wall</option></term> |
7874bcd6 | 248 | |
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249 | <listitem><para>Don't send wall |
250 | message before | |
251 | halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem> | |
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252 | </varlistentry> |
253 | ||
254 | <varlistentry> | |
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255 | <term><option>--global</option></term> |
256 | ||
257 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
258 | <command>enable</command> and | |
259 | <command>disable</command>, operate on the | |
3d428115 | 260 | global user configuration |
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261 | directory, thus enabling or disabling |
262 | a unit file globally for all future | |
af2d49f7 | 263 | logins of all users.</para></listitem> |
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264 | </varlistentry> |
265 | ||
266 | <varlistentry> | |
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267 | <term><option>--no-reload</option></term> |
268 | ||
269 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
270 | <command>enable</command> and | |
271 | <command>disable</command>, do not | |
272 | implicitly reload daemon configuration | |
273 | after executing the | |
274 | changes.</para></listitem> | |
275 | </varlistentry> | |
7594fb25 | 276 | |
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277 | <varlistentry> |
278 | <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term> | |
279 | ||
280 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
281 | <command>start</command> and related | |
282 | commands, disables asking for | |
283 | passwords. Background services may | |
284 | require input of a password or | |
285 | passphrase string, for example to | |
286 | unlock system hard disks or | |
287 | cryptographic certificates. Unless | |
288 | this option is specified and the | |
289 | command is invoked from a terminal | |
290 | <command>systemctl</command> will | |
291 | query the user on the terminal for the | |
292 | necessary secrets. Use this option to | |
3d428115 | 293 | switch this behavior off. In this |
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294 | case the password must be supplied by |
295 | some other means (for example | |
296 | graphical password agents) or the | |
297 | service might fail.</para></listitem> | |
298 | </varlistentry> | |
299 | ||
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300 | <varlistentry> |
301 | <term><option>--kill-mode=</option></term> | |
302 | ||
303 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
304 | <command>kill</command>, choose the | |
305 | mode how to kill the selected | |
306 | processes. Must be one of | |
307 | <option>control-group</option>, | |
308 | <option>process-group</option> or | |
309 | <option>process</option> to select | |
310 | whether to kill the entire control | |
311 | group, the process group or only the | |
3d428115 | 312 | selected process itself. If omitted |
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313 | defaults to |
314 | <option>control-group</option> if | |
315 | <option>--kill-who=all</option> is | |
316 | set, or <option>process</option> | |
317 | otherwise. You probably never need to | |
318 | use this switch.</para></listitem> | |
319 | </varlistentry> | |
320 | ||
321 | <varlistentry> | |
322 | <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term> | |
323 | ||
324 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
325 | <command>kill</command>, choose which | |
326 | processes to kill. Must be one of | |
327 | <option>main</option>, | |
328 | <option>control</option> or | |
329 | <option>all</option> to select whether | |
330 | to kill only the main process of the | |
331 | unit, the control process or all | |
3d428115 | 332 | processes of the unit. If omitted |
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333 | defaults to |
334 | <option>all</option>.</para></listitem> | |
335 | </varlistentry> | |
336 | ||
337 | <varlistentry> | |
3d428115 | 338 | <term><option>--signal=</option></term> |
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339 | <term><option>-s</option></term> |
340 | ||
341 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
342 | <command>kill</command>, choose which | |
343 | signal to send to selected | |
344 | processes. Must be one of the well | |
3d428115 | 345 | known signal specifiers such as |
8a0867d6 | 346 | SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGSTOP. If |
3d428115 | 347 | omitted defaults to |
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348 | <option>SIGTERM</option>.</para></listitem> |
349 | </varlistentry> | |
350 | ||
7594fb25 | 351 | <varlistentry> |
ee5762e3 | 352 | <term><option>--force</option></term> |
6f352544 | 353 | <term><option>-f</option></term> |
7874bcd6 | 354 | |
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355 | <listitem><para>When used with |
356 | <command>enable</command>, override any | |
357 | existing conflicting | |
358 | symlinks.</para></listitem> | |
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359 | |
360 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
361 | <command>halt</command>, | |
362 | <command>poweroff</command>, | |
363 | <command>reboot</command> or | |
364 | <command>kexec</command> execute | |
365 | selected operation without shutting | |
366 | down all units. However, all processes | |
367 | will be killed forcibly and all file | |
368 | systems are unmounted or remounted | |
369 | read-only. This is hence a drastic but | |
370 | relatively safe option to request an | |
371 | immediate reboot.</para></listitem> | |
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372 | </varlistentry> |
373 | ||
374 | <varlistentry> | |
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375 | <term><option>--defaults</option></term> |
376 | ||
377 | <listitem><para>When used with | |
378 | <command>disable</command>, ensures | |
379 | that only the symlinks created by | |
380 | <command>enable</command> are removed, | |
381 | not all symlinks pointing to the unit | |
382 | file that shall be | |
383 | disabled.</para></listitem> | |
7874bcd6 | 384 | </varlistentry> |
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385 | |
386 | <varlistentry> | |
387 | <term><option>-H</option></term> | |
388 | <term><option>--host</option></term> | |
389 | ||
390 | <listitem><para>Execute operation | |
391 | remotely. Specifiy a hostname, or | |
392 | username and hostname seperated by @, | |
393 | to connect to. This will use SSH to | |
394 | talk to the remote systemd | |
395 | instance.</para></listitem> | |
396 | </varlistentry> | |
397 | ||
398 | <varlistentry> | |
399 | <term><option>-P</option></term> | |
400 | <term><option>--privileged</option></term> | |
401 | ||
402 | <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via | |
403 | PolicyKit before executing the | |
404 | operation.</para></listitem> | |
405 | </varlistentry> | |
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406 | </variablelist> |
407 | ||
408 | <para>The following commands are understood:</para> | |
409 | ||
410 | <variablelist> | |
411 | <varlistentry> | |
412 | <term><command>list-units</command></term> | |
413 | ||
414 | <listitem><para>List known units.</para></listitem> | |
415 | </varlistentry> | |
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416 | <varlistentry> |
417 | <term><command>start [NAME...]</command></term> | |
418 | ||
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419 | <listitem><para>Start (activate) one |
420 | or more units specified on the command | |
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421 | line.</para></listitem> |
422 | </varlistentry> | |
423 | <varlistentry> | |
424 | <term><command>stop [NAME...]</command></term> | |
425 | ||
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426 | <listitem><para>Stop (deactivate) one |
427 | or more units specified on the command | |
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428 | line.</para></listitem> |
429 | </varlistentry> | |
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430 | <varlistentry> |
431 | <term><command>reload [NAME...]</command></term> | |
432 | ||
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433 | <listitem><para>Asks all units listed |
434 | on the command line to reload their | |
7874bcd6 | 435 | configuration. Note that this will |
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436 | reload the service-specific |
437 | configuration, not the unit | |
438 | configuration file of systemd. If you | |
439 | want systemd to reload the | |
440 | configuration file of a unit use the | |
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441 | <command>daemon-reload</command> |
442 | command. In other words: for the | |
443 | example case of Apache, this will | |
444 | reload Apache's | |
445 | <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in the | |
446 | web server, not the | |
447 | <filename>apache.service</filename> | |
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448 | systemd unit file. </para> |
449 | ||
450 | <para>This command should not be | |
451 | confused with the | |
452 | <command>daemon-reload</command> or | |
453 | <command>load</command> | |
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454 | commands.</para></listitem> |
455 | ||
456 | </varlistentry> | |
457 | <varlistentry> | |
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458 | <term><command>restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
459 | ||
460 | <listitem><para>Restart one or more | |
461 | units specified on the command | |
462 | line. If the units are not running yet | |
463 | they will be | |
464 | started.</para></listitem> | |
465 | </varlistentry> | |
466 | <varlistentry> | |
467 | <term><command>try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
468 | ||
469 | <listitem><para>Restart one or more | |
470 | units specified on the command | |
471 | line. If the units are not running yet | |
472 | the operation will | |
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473 | fail. Note that for compatibility |
474 | with Red Hat init scripts | |
475 | <command>condrestart</command> is | |
476 | equivalent to this command.</para></listitem> | |
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477 | </varlistentry> |
478 | <varlistentry> | |
479 | <term><command>reload-or-restart [NAME...]</command></term> | |
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480 | |
481 | <listitem><para>Reload one or more | |
482 | units if they support it. If not, | |
483 | restart them instead. If the units | |
484 | are not running yet they will be | |
485 | started.</para></listitem> | |
486 | </varlistentry> | |
487 | <varlistentry> | |
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488 | <term><command>reload-or-try-restart [NAME...]</command></term> |
489 | ||
490 | <listitem><para>Reload one or more | |
ee5762e3 | 491 | units if they support it. If not, |
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492 | restart them instead. If the units |
493 | are not running yet the operation | |
494 | will fail. Note that for | |
495 | compatibility with SysV init scripts | |
496 | <command>force-reload</command> is | |
497 | equivalent to this command.</para></listitem> | |
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498 | </varlistentry> |
499 | <varlistentry> | |
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500 | <term><command>isolate [NAME]</command></term> |
501 | ||
502 | <listitem><para>Start the unit | |
503 | specified on the command line and its | |
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504 | dependencies and stop all others.</para> |
505 | ||
506 | <para>This is similar to changing the | |
507 | runlevel in a traditional init system. The | |
508 | <command>isolate</command> command will | |
509 | immediately stop processes that are not | |
510 | enabled in the new unit, possibly including | |
511 | the graphical environment or terminal you | |
512 | are currently using.</para> | |
513 | ||
514 | <para>Note that this works only on units | |
515 | where <option>AllowIsolate=</option> is | |
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516 | enabled. See |
517 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
518 | for details.</para></listitem> | |
7874bcd6 | 519 | </varlistentry> |
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520 | <varlistentry> |
521 | <term><command>kill [NAME...]</command></term> | |
522 | ||
523 | <listitem><para>Send a signal to one | |
524 | or more processes of the unit. Use | |
525 | <option>--kill-who=</option> to select | |
526 | which process to kill. Use | |
527 | <option>--kill-mode=</option> to | |
528 | select the kill mode and | |
529 | <option>--signal=</option> to select | |
530 | the signal to send.</para></listitem> | |
531 | </varlistentry> | |
7594fb25 | 532 | <varlistentry> |
ee5762e3 | 533 | <term><command>is-active [NAME...]</command></term> |
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534 | |
535 | <listitem><para>Check whether any of | |
3d428115 | 536 | the specified units are active |
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537 | (i.e. running). Returns an exit code |
538 | 0 if at least one is active, non-zero | |
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539 | otherwise. Unless |
540 | <option>--quiet</option> is specified | |
541 | this will also print the current unit | |
542 | state to STDOUT.</para></listitem> | |
543 | </varlistentry> | |
61cbdc4b | 544 | <varlistentry> |
75676b72 | 545 | <term><command>status [NAME...|PID...]</command></term> |
61cbdc4b | 546 | |
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547 | <listitem><para>Show terse runtime |
548 | status information about one or more | |
549 | units. This function is intended to | |
550 | generate human-readable output. If you | |
551 | are looking for computer-parsable | |
552 | output, use <command>show</command> | |
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553 | instead. If a PID is passed |
554 | information about the unit the process | |
555 | of the PID belongs to is | |
556 | shown.</para></listitem> | |
61cbdc4b | 557 | </varlistentry> |
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558 | <varlistentry> |
559 | <term><command>show [NAME...|JOB...]</command></term> | |
560 | ||
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561 | <listitem><para>Show properties of one |
562 | or more units, jobs or the manager | |
393a2f9b | 563 | itself. If no argument is specified |
61cbdc4b | 564 | properties of the manager will be |
393a2f9b | 565 | shown. If a unit name is specified |
ee5762e3 LP |
566 | properties of the unit is shown, and |
567 | if a job id is specified properties of | |
568 | the job is shown. By default, empty | |
569 | properties are suppressed. Use | |
570 | <option>--all</option> to show those | |
571 | too. To select specific properties to | |
572 | show use | |
573 | <option>--property=</option>. This | |
574 | command is intended to be used | |
575 | whenever computer-parsable output is | |
576 | required. Use | |
577 | <command>status</command> if you are | |
578 | looking for formatted human-readable | |
579 | output.</para></listitem> | |
393a2f9b | 580 | </varlistentry> |
5632e374 LP |
581 | |
582 | <varlistentry> | |
74ac3cbd MM |
583 | <term><command>reset-failed [NAME...]</command></term> |
584 | ||
585 | <listitem><para>Reset the | |
586 | '<literal>failed</literal>' state of the | |
587 | specified units, or if no unit name is | |
588 | passed of all units. When a unit fails | |
589 | in some way (i.e. process exiting with | |
590 | non-zero error code, terminating | |
591 | abnormally or timing out) it will | |
592 | automatically enter the | |
593 | '<literal>failed</literal>' state and | |
594 | its exit code and status is recorded | |
595 | for introspection by the administrator | |
5632e374 LP |
596 | until the service is restarted or |
597 | reset with this | |
598 | command.</para></listitem> | |
599 | </varlistentry> | |
600 | ||
ee5762e3 LP |
601 | <varlistentry> |
602 | <term><command>enable [NAME...]</command></term> | |
603 | ||
604 | <listitem><para>Enable one or more | |
605 | unit files, as specified on the | |
606 | command line. This will create a | |
607 | number of symlinks as encoded in the | |
608 | <literal>[Install]</literal> sections | |
609 | of the unit files. After the symlinks | |
610 | have been created the systemd | |
611 | configuration is reloaded (in a way | |
612 | that is equivalent to | |
613 | <command>daemon-reload</command>) to | |
614 | ensure the changes are taken into | |
615 | account immediately. Note that this | |
616 | does not have the effect that any of | |
617 | the units enabled are also started at | |
618 | the same time. If this is desired a | |
96d4ce01 | 619 | separate <command>start</command> |
ee5762e3 LP |
620 | command must be invoked for the |
621 | unit.</para> | |
622 | ||
623 | <para>This command will | |
624 | print the actions executed. This | |
625 | output may be suppressed by passing | |
626 | <option>--quiet</option>.</para> | |
627 | ||
628 | <para>Note that this operation creates | |
629 | only the suggested symlinks for the | |
630 | units. While this command is the | |
631 | recommended way to manipulate the unit | |
632 | configuration directory, the | |
633 | administrator is free to make | |
634 | additional changes manually, by | |
635 | placing or removing symlinks in the | |
3d428115 | 636 | directory. This is particularly useful |
ee5762e3 LP |
637 | to create configurations that deviate |
638 | from the suggested default | |
639 | installation. In this case the | |
640 | administrator must make sure to invoke | |
641 | <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
642 | manually as necessary, to ensure his | |
643 | changes are taken into account.</para> | |
644 | ||
645 | <para>Enabling units should not be | |
646 | confused with starting (activating) | |
647 | units, as done by the | |
648 | <command>start</command> | |
649 | command. Enabling and starting units | |
650 | is orthogonal: units may be enabled | |
651 | without being started and started | |
652 | without being enabled. Enabling simply | |
653 | hooks the unit into various suggested | |
654 | places (for example, so that the unit | |
655 | is automatically started on boot or | |
656 | when a particular kind of hardware is | |
657 | plugged in). Starting actually spawns | |
658 | the daemon process (in case of service | |
659 | units), or binds the socket (in case | |
660 | of socket units), and so | |
661 | on.</para> | |
662 | ||
663 | <para>Depending on whether | |
664 | <option>--system</option>, | |
af2d49f7 | 665 | <option>--user</option> or |
ee5762e3 LP |
666 | <option>--global</option> is specified |
667 | this enables the unit for the system, | |
af2d49f7 LP |
668 | for the calling user only |
669 | or for all future logins of all | |
ee5762e3 LP |
670 | users. Note that in the latter case no |
671 | systemd daemon configuration is | |
672 | reloaded.</para> | |
673 | </listitem> | |
674 | </varlistentry> | |
675 | ||
676 | <varlistentry> | |
677 | <term><command>disable [NAME...]</command></term> | |
678 | ||
679 | <listitem><para>Disables one or more | |
680 | units. This removes all symlinks to | |
681 | the specified unit files from the unit | |
682 | configuration directory, and hence | |
683 | undoes the changes made by | |
684 | <command>enable</command>. Note | |
685 | however that this by default removes | |
686 | all symlinks to the unit files | |
687 | (i.e. including manual additions), not | |
688 | just those actually created by | |
689 | <command>enable</command>. If only the | |
690 | symlinks that are suggested by default | |
691 | shall be removed, pass | |
692 | <option>--defaults</option>. This | |
693 | implicitly reloads the systemd daemon | |
694 | configuration after completing the | |
695 | disabling of the units. Note that this | |
696 | command does not implicitly stop the | |
697 | units that is being disabled. If this | |
698 | is desired an additional | |
699 | <command>stop</command>command should | |
700 | be executed afterwards.</para> | |
701 | ||
702 | <para>This command will print the | |
703 | actions executed. This output may be | |
704 | suppressed by passing | |
705 | <option>--quiet</option>.</para> | |
706 | </listitem> | |
707 | ||
3d428115 | 708 | <para>This command honors |
ee5762e3 | 709 | <option>--system</option>, |
af2d49f7 | 710 | <option>--user</option>, |
ee5762e3 LP |
711 | <option>--global</option> in a similar |
712 | way as | |
713 | <command>enable</command>.</para> | |
714 | </varlistentry> | |
715 | ||
716 | <varlistentry> | |
717 | <term><command>is-enabled [NAME...]</command></term> | |
718 | ||
719 | <listitem><para>Checks whether any of | |
720 | the specified unit files is enabled | |
721 | (as with | |
722 | <command>enable</command>). Returns an | |
723 | exit code of 0 if at least one is | |
724 | enabled, non-zero | |
725 | otherwise.</para></listitem> | |
726 | </varlistentry> | |
727 | ||
393a2f9b LP |
728 | <varlistentry> |
729 | <term><command>load [NAME...]</command></term> | |
730 | ||
731 | <listitem><para>Load one or more units | |
732 | specified on the command line. This | |
733 | will simply load their configuration | |
734 | from disk, but not start them. To | |
735 | start them you need to use the | |
736 | <command>start</command> command which | |
737 | will implicitly load a unit that has | |
738 | not been loaded yet. Note that systemd | |
739 | garbage collects loaded units that are | |
740 | not active or referenced by an active | |
741 | unit. This means that units loaded | |
742 | this way will usually not stay loaded | |
743 | for long. Also note that this command | |
744 | cannot be used to reload unit | |
745 | configuration. Use the | |
746 | <command>daemon-reload</command> | |
747 | command for that. All in all, this | |
748 | command is of little use except for | |
749 | debugging.</para> | |
750 | <para>This command should not be | |
751 | confused with the | |
752 | <command>daemon-reload</command> or | |
753 | <command>reload</command> | |
754 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
755 | </varlistentry> | |
756 | <varlistentry> | |
757 | <term><command>list-jobs</command></term> | |
758 | ||
759 | <listitem><para>List jobs that are in progress.</para></listitem> | |
760 | </varlistentry> | |
761 | <varlistentry> | |
762 | <term><command>cancel [JOB...]</command></term> | |
763 | ||
764 | <listitem><para>Cancel one or more | |
765 | jobs specified on the command line by | |
766 | their numeric job | |
3d428115 | 767 | IDs. If no job id is specified, cancel all pending jobs.</para></listitem> |
393a2f9b | 768 | </varlistentry> |
7874bcd6 LP |
769 | <varlistentry> |
770 | <term><command>monitor</command></term> | |
771 | ||
772 | <listitem><para>Monitor unit/job | |
773 | changes. This is mostly useful for | |
774 | debugging purposes and prints a line | |
775 | each time systemd loads or unloads a | |
776 | unit configuration file, or a unit | |
777 | property changes.</para></listitem> | |
778 | </varlistentry> | |
779 | <varlistentry> | |
780 | <term><command>dump</command></term> | |
781 | ||
782 | <listitem><para>Dump server | |
783 | status. This will output a (usually | |
784 | very long) human readable manager | |
785 | status dump. Its format is subject to | |
786 | change without notice and should not | |
787 | be parsed by | |
788 | applications.</para></listitem> | |
789 | </varlistentry> | |
4445a875 LP |
790 | <varlistentry> |
791 | <term><command>dot</command></term> | |
792 | ||
793 | <listitem><para>Generate textual | |
794 | dependency graph description in dot | |
795 | format for further processing with the | |
796 | GraphViz | |
797 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>dot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
798 | tool. Use a command line like | |
799 | <command>systemctl dot | dot -Tsvg > | |
800 | systemd.svg</command> to generate a | |
801 | graphical dependency tree. Unless | |
802 | <option>--order</option> or | |
803 | <option>--require</option> is passed | |
804 | the generated graph will show both | |
805 | ordering and requirement | |
806 | dependencies.</para></listitem> | |
807 | </varlistentry> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
808 | <varlistentry> |
809 | <term><command>snapshot [NAME]</command></term> | |
810 | ||
811 | <listitem><para>Create a snapshot. If | |
af62c704 | 812 | a snapshot name is specified, the new |
7874bcd6 LP |
813 | snapshot will be named after it. If |
814 | none is specified an automatic | |
815 | snapshot name is generated. In either | |
7594fb25 LP |
816 | case, the snapshot name used is |
817 | printed to STDOUT, unless | |
818 | <option>--quiet</option> is | |
819 | specified.</para> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
820 | |
821 | <para>A snapshot refers to a saved | |
822 | state of the systemd manager. It is | |
3d428115 | 823 | implemented itself as a unit that is |
7874bcd6 LP |
824 | generated dynamically with this |
825 | command and has dependencies on all | |
826 | units active at the time. At a later | |
827 | time the user may return to this state | |
828 | by using the | |
829 | <command>isolate</command> command on | |
830 | the snapshot unit.</para></listitem> | |
831 | ||
832 | <para>Snapshots are only useful for | |
833 | saving and restoring which units are | |
834 | running or are stopped, they do not | |
835 | save/restore any other | |
836 | state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost | |
837 | on reboot.</para> | |
838 | </varlistentry> | |
839 | <varlistentry> | |
6759e7a7 LP |
840 | <term><command>delete [NAME...]</command></term> |
841 | ||
842 | <listitem><para>Remove a snapshot | |
843 | previously created with | |
844 | <command>snapshot</command>.</para></listitem> | |
845 | </varlistentry> | |
846 | <varlistentry> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
847 | <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term> |
848 | ||
849 | <listitem><para>Reload systemd manager | |
850 | configuration. This will reload all | |
851 | unit files and recreate the entire | |
852 | dependency tree. While the daemon is | |
af62c704 | 853 | reloaded, all sockets systemd listens |
ad678a06 | 854 | on on behalf of user configuration will |
7874bcd6 LP |
855 | stay accessible.</para> <para>This |
856 | command should not be confused with | |
857 | the <command>load</command> or | |
858 | <command>reload</command> | |
859 | commands.</para></listitem> | |
860 | </varlistentry> | |
861 | <varlistentry> | |
862 | <term><command>daemon-reexec</command></term> | |
863 | ||
864 | <listitem><para>Reexecute the systemd | |
865 | manager. This will serialize the | |
866 | manager state, reexecute the process | |
867 | and deserialize the state again. This | |
868 | command is of little use except for | |
869 | debugging and package | |
870 | upgrades. Sometimes it might be | |
871 | helpful as a heavy-weight | |
872 | <command>daemon-reload</command>. While | |
873 | the daemon is reexecuted all sockets | |
874 | systemd listens on on behalf of user | |
875 | configuration will stay | |
876 | accessible.</para></listitem> | |
877 | </varlistentry> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
878 | <varlistentry> |
879 | <term><command>show-environment</command></term> | |
880 | ||
881 | <listitem><para>Dump the systemd | |
882 | manager environment block. The | |
883 | environment block will be dumped in | |
884 | straight-forward form suitable for | |
885 | sourcing into a shell script. This | |
886 | environment block will be passed to | |
887 | all processes the manager | |
888 | spawns.</para></listitem> | |
889 | </varlistentry> | |
890 | <varlistentry> | |
891 | <term><command>set-environment [NAME=VALUE...]</command></term> | |
892 | ||
893 | <listitem><para>Set one or more | |
894 | systemd manager environment variables, | |
895 | as specified on the command | |
896 | line.</para></listitem> | |
897 | </varlistentry> | |
898 | <varlistentry> | |
899 | <term><command>unset-environment [NAME...]</command></term> | |
900 | ||
901 | <listitem><para>Unset one or more | |
902 | systemd manager environment | |
903 | variables. If only a variable name is | |
904 | specified it will be removed | |
905 | regardless of its value. If a variable | |
906 | and a value are specified the variable | |
907 | is only removed if it has the | |
908 | specified value.</para></listitem> | |
909 | </varlistentry> | |
59cddb23 LP |
910 | <varlistentry> |
911 | <term><command>default</command></term> | |
912 | ||
913 | <listitem><para>Enter default | |
914 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
915 | <command>start | |
916 | default.target</command>.</para></listitem> | |
917 | </varlistentry> | |
918 | <varlistentry> | |
919 | <term><command>rescue</command></term> | |
920 | ||
921 | <listitem><para>Enter rescue | |
922 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
923 | <command>isolate | |
924 | rescue.target</command> but also | |
925 | prints a wall message to all | |
926 | users.</para></listitem> | |
927 | </varlistentry> | |
928 | <varlistentry> | |
929 | <term><command>emergency</command></term> | |
7874bcd6 | 930 | |
59cddb23 LP |
931 | <listitem><para>Enter emergency |
932 | mode. This is mostly equivalent to | |
933 | <command>isolate | |
934 | emergency.target</command> but also | |
935 | prints a wall message to all | |
936 | users.</para></listitem> | |
937 | </varlistentry> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
938 | <varlistentry> |
939 | <term><command>halt</command></term> | |
940 | ||
941 | <listitem><para>Shut down and halt the | |
942 | system. This is mostly equivalent to | |
943 | <command>start halt.target</command> | |
944 | but also prints a wall message to all | |
59cddb23 LP |
945 | users. If |
946 | combined with <option>--force</option> | |
947 | shutdown of all running services is | |
3d428115 RB |
948 | skipped, however all processes are killed |
949 | and all file systems are unmounted or | |
59cddb23 LP |
950 | mounted read-only, immediately |
951 | followed by the | |
952 | system halt.</para></listitem> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
953 | </varlistentry> |
954 | <varlistentry> | |
955 | <term><command>poweroff</command></term> | |
956 | ||
957 | <listitem><para>Shut down and | |
958 | power-off the system. This is mostly | |
959 | equivalent to <command>start | |
960 | poweroff.target</command> but also | |
961 | prints a wall message to all | |
59cddb23 LP |
962 | users. If |
963 | combined with <option>--force</option> | |
964 | shutdown of all running services is | |
3d428115 RB |
965 | skipped, however all processes are killed |
966 | and all file systems are unmounted or | |
59cddb23 LP |
967 | mounted read-only, immediately |
968 | followed by the | |
969 | powering off.</para></listitem> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
970 | </varlistentry> |
971 | <varlistentry> | |
972 | <term><command>reboot</command></term> | |
973 | ||
974 | <listitem><para>Shut down and | |
975 | reboot the system. This is mostly | |
976 | equivalent to <command>start | |
977 | reboot.target</command> but also | |
978 | prints a wall message to all | |
59cddb23 LP |
979 | users. If |
980 | combined with <option>--force</option> | |
981 | shutdown of all running services is | |
3d428115 RB |
982 | skipped, however all processes are killed |
983 | and all file systems are unmounted or | |
59cddb23 LP |
984 | mounted read-only, immediately |
985 | followed by the | |
986 | reboot.</para></listitem> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
987 | </varlistentry> |
988 | <varlistentry> | |
59cddb23 | 989 | <term><command>kexec</command></term> |
7874bcd6 | 990 | |
59cddb23 LP |
991 | <listitem><para>Shut down and reboot |
992 | the system via kexec. This is mostly | |
993 | equivalent to <command>start | |
994 | kexec.target</command> but also prints | |
995 | a wall message to all users. If | |
996 | combined with <option>--force</option> | |
997 | shutdown of all running services is | |
3d428115 RB |
998 | skipped, however all processes are killed |
999 | and all file systems are unmounted or | |
59cddb23 LP |
1000 | mounted read-only, immediately |
1001 | followed by the | |
1002 | reboot.</para></listitem> | |
7874bcd6 LP |
1003 | </varlistentry> |
1004 | <varlistentry> | |
59cddb23 | 1005 | <term><command>exit</command></term> |
7874bcd6 | 1006 | |
59cddb23 LP |
1007 | <listitem><para>Ask the systemd |
1008 | manager to quit. This is only | |
af2d49f7 | 1009 | supported for user service managers |
59cddb23 | 1010 | (i.e. in conjunction with the |
af2d49f7 | 1011 | <option>--user</option> option) and |
59cddb23 | 1012 | will fail otherwise.</para></listitem> |
7874bcd6 LP |
1013 | </varlistentry> |
1014 | </variablelist> | |
1015 | ||
1016 | </refsect1> | |
1017 | ||
1018 | <refsect1> | |
1019 | <title>Exit status</title> | |
1020 | ||
1021 | <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure | |
1022 | code otherwise.</para> | |
1023 | </refsect1> | |
1024 | ||
1025 | <refsect1> | |
1026 | <title>See Also</title> | |
1027 | <para> | |
1028 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1029 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1030 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1031 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1032 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
1033 | </para> | |
1034 | </refsect1> | |
1035 | ||
1036 | </refentry> |