Ubuntu Systemd: Manage Services & Startup

Ubuntu uses systemd as the system service manager. You can use the systemctl command to manage system services and startup items.

1. View the status of all system services:

systemctl list-units --type=service

1. Start a system service.

sudo systemctl start <service_name>

1. Stop a system service.

sudo systemctl stop <service_name>

1. Restarting a system service:

sudo systemctl restart <service_name>

1. Disable a system service (will not start automatically when the system boots up):

sudo systemctl disable <service_name>

1. Enable a system service (which will start automatically when the system boots up):

sudo systemctl enable <service_name>

1. View detailed information about system services:

systemctl status <service_name>

1. Check if the system services are enabled.

systemctl is-enabled <service_name>

These commands will help you manage services and start-up items in the Ubuntu system. You can use these commands as needed to start, stop, restart, disable, or enable system services.