Controlling System Services with Systemd

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Controlling System Services with Systemd

Systemd both controls the start of services on a system and starts a journal of system activity. In this lab, students will start, stop, and restart system services. We also demonstrate how to start them at reboot and disable them so they don't start after reboots.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 21, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Log in to the Lab Environment as `cloud_user` and Gain `root` Access
```
# sudo -i
```
Challenge

Check the Status of the `httpd` Service, Restart It, and Configure It
Check the status of the httpd service.
```
 # systemctl status httpd
```
Restart the httpd service.
```
# systemctl restart httpd
```
Set the httpd service to start at system startup.
```
# systemctl enable httpd
```
Check the status of the httpd service. It should state running and enabled.
```
# systemctl status httpd
```
Challenge

Check the Status of the `named` Service, Start It, and Configure It
Check the status of the named service.
```
# systemctl status named
```
Start the named service.
```
# systemctl start named
```
Set the named service to start at system startup.
```
# systemctl enable named
```
Check the status of the named service and ensure it is both running and set to start at system startup.
```
# systemctl status named
```
Challenge

Check the Status of the `nfs-server` Service, Stop It, and Configure It
Check the status of the nfs-server service.
```
# systemctl status nfs-server
```
Stop the nfs-server service.
```
# systemctl stop nfs-server
```
Disable the nfs-server service so it doesn't start on system startup.
```
# systemctl disable nfs-server
```
Verify the nfs-server service is stopped and set it to not start at system startup.
```
# systemctl status nfs-server
```

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