systemctl

Control the systemd system and service manager.

$ systemctl enable

Subcommand

enable

disable

is-enabled

mask

unmask

Unit name

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

Examples

# Enable at boot
systemctl enable nginx

# Disable at boot
systemctl disable nginx

# Check if enabled
systemctl is-enabled nginx

# Mask (prevent any start)
systemctl mask nginx

# Unmask
systemctl unmask nginx