systemctl

Control the systemd system and service manager.

$ systemctl start

Subcommand

start

stop

restart

reload

Unit name

Also start/stop (--now)User mode (--user)Quiet (-q)

Examples

# Start a service
systemctl start nginx

# Stop a service
systemctl stop nginx

# Restart a service
systemctl restart nginx

# Reload config without restart
systemctl reload nginx

# Start and enable at boot
systemctl enable --now nginx