Lesson 6.2: Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot


Start a Service

Syntax: systemctl start < service_name >

[root@serverC ~]# systemctl start httpd

Stop a Service

Syntax: systemctl stop < service_name >

[root@serverC ~]# systemctl stop httpd

Enable a Service to Start Automatically at Boot

Syntax: systemctl enable < service_name >

[root@serverC ~]# systemctl enable httpd
All systems normal

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