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Managing Services in RHEL 7 Part 1

The document provides an overview of managing services in RHEL 7, focusing on the systemd service manager, which replaces SysVinit. It explains how to start, stop, enable, disable, and check the status of services using various systemctl commands. Additionally, it describes service units and their configuration files that define how services are managed.

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Managing Services in RHEL 7 Part 1

The document provides an overview of managing services in RHEL 7, focusing on the systemd service manager, which replaces SysVinit. It explains how to start, stop, enable, disable, and check the status of services using various systemctl commands. Additionally, it describes service units and their configuration files that define how services are managed.

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Managing Services in

RHEL 7 - Part 1
Understanding and Controlling System Services

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by ‫محمد السوادي‬
Introduction
What are Services? Why Manage Services?

Services are background processes that provide Start, stop, or restart services as needed.
functionality to the system (e.g., web servers, databases,
Enable or disable services to start automatically at boot.
network services).
Troubleshoot and monitor service status.
Examples: httpd (Apache web server), sshd (SSH server),
firewalld (firewall).
Systemd Overview
What is Systemd? Key Features of Systemd:

Systemd is the system and service manager in RHEL 7. Manages services, devices, mounts, and sockets.

It replaces the older SysVinit system. Provides faster boot times and parallel service startup.

Uses units to define and manage resources.


Service Units
Service Units Example

Files with a .service extension that define how a service should be [Unit]
managed. Description=Apache HTTP Server
After=network.target
Located in /usr/lib/systemd/system/ or /etc/systemd/system/.
[Service]
User=apache
Group=apache
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -INT $MAINPID

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Listing Services
Command 1: systemctl list-unit-files Command 2: systemctl list-units

Purpose: Lists all available service units. Purpose: Lists currently active units.

Example: Example:

systemctl list-unit-files --type=service systemctl list-units --type=service

Explanation: Displays all service units and their status Explanation: Shows active, loaded, and running services.
(enabled/disabled).
Starting and Stopping Services
Command 1: systemctl Command 2: systemctl Command 3: systemctl
start stop restart

Purpose: Starts a service. Purpose: Stops a service. Purpose: Restarts a service.

Example: Example: Example:

systemctl start httpd systemctl stop httpd systemctl restart httpd

Explanation: Starts the Apache web Explanation: Stops the Apache web Explanation: Restarts the Apache
server (httpd). server. web server.
Enabling and Disabling Services
Command 1: systemctl enable Command 2: systemctl disable

Purpose: Enables a service to start at boot. Purpose: Disables a service from starting at boot.

Example: Example:

systemctl enable httpd systemctl disable httpd

Explanation: Ensures the Apache web server starts Explanation: Prevents the Apache web server from starting
automatically on system boot. automatically on boot.
Checking Service Status
Command: systemctl status

Purpose: Displays the status of a service.

Example:

systemctl status httpd

Explanation: Shows whether the service is active, inactive, or failed, along with recent log entries.

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