[#mapping-service-commands]
= Mapping service commands

The following table demonstrates the Systemd equivalent of SysVinit commands.

[NOTE]
All recent versions of systemctl assume the '.service' suffix if left off the service name. For example, 'systemctl start frobozz.service' is the same as 'systemctl start frobozz'

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|Sysvinit Command |Systemd Command |Notes
|service frobozz start |systemctl start frobozz |Used to start a service
(not reboot persistent)

|service frobozz stop |systemctl stop frobozz |Used to stop a service
(not reboot persistent)

|service frobozz restart |systemctl restart frobozz |Used to stop and
then start a service

|service frobozz reload |systemctl reload frobozz |When supported,
reloads the config file without interrupting pending operations.

|service frobozz condrestart |systemctl condrestart frobozz |Restarts if
the service is already running.

|service frobozz status |systemctl status frobozz |Tells whether a
service is currently running.

|ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/ |systemctl (or) systemctl list-unit-files
--type=service (or) +
ls /lib/systemd/system/*.service /etc/systemd/system/*.service |Used to
list the services that can be started or stopped +
Used to list all the services and other units

|chkconfig frobozz on |systemctl enable frobozz |Turn the service on,
for start at next boot, or other trigger.

|chkconfig frobozz off |systemctl disable frobozz |Turn the service off
for the next reboot, or any other trigger.

|chkconfig frobozz |systemctl is-enabled frobozz |Used to check whether
a service is configured to start or not in the current environment.

|chkconfig --list |systemctl list-unit-files --type=service (or) ls
/etc/systemd/system/*.wants/ |Print a table of services that lists which
runlevels each is configured on or off

|chkconfig --list | grep 5:on |systemctl list-dependencies
graphical.target |Print a table of services that will be started when
booting into graphical mode

|chkconfig frobozz --list |ls
/etc/systemd/system/*.wants/frobozz.service |Used to list what levels
this service is configured on or off

|chkconfig frobozz --add |systemctl daemon-reload |Used when you create
a new service file or modify any configuration
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[NOTE]
All `/sbin/service` and `/sbin/chkconfig` commands listed in the table continue to work on Systemd-based systems and are translated to native equivalents as necessary. The only exception is `chkconfig --list`.