Services

General

update-rc.d serviceName enable

service --status-all

Find the path

systemctl show -p FragmentPath pure-ftpd.service

List services (enabled, static, masked)

systemctl list-unit-files

Service checks

• dns dnsmasq --test
• haproxy haproxy -c -V -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
• lorotate sudo logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.d/myfile
• nginx sudo service nginx configtest

Create service

Simple service (daemon managed by systemd).

[Unit]
Description=Example service
After=syslog.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=web
Group=web
WorkingDirectory=/home/web/
ExecStart=echo service
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Do not forget to run sudo systemctl daemon-reload.