Systemd reference

Systemd is a relatively recent approach for managing OS and system services, their startup/shutdown and logging in modern Linux distros.

Notable Changes Brought By systemd

• There are no more /etc/init.d scripts for startup/shutdown services
• Logging isn't done directly into files, but instead goes into centralised systemd journaling system
• Service management scripts are operated by systemctl command
• Logs for the OS and individual services are accessed by journalctl command

See Also

• Linux Commands
• systemctl
• journalctl