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Configuring System Services in SUSE Linux Enterprise

In this hands on lab, we will be looking at configuring system services in SLES and troubleshooting a service that fails to start. We will be enabling and disabling services and working with service masks in systemd.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Published

Dec 20, 2019

Challenge

Stop and Disable the Apache2 Web Server
1. Stop the web server:
```
sudo -i systemctl stop apache2
```
2. Disable it:
```
sudo -i systemctl disable apache2
```
Challenge

Start and Enable the Nginx Service, and Correct Any Errors so the Service Is Enabled and Running
1. Start the service:
```
sudo -i systemctl start nginx
```
2. If the service is unable to start, determine the reason:
```
sudo -i systemctl unmask nginx
```
3. Now that the service is unmasked, start and enable the service:
```
sudo -i systemctl start nginx
sudo -i systemctl enable nginx
```
4. Verify that Nginx is running:
```
sudo -i systemctl status nginx
```

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