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Administration in the world of

systemd
George Hacker
RHEL Curriculum Manager

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What is systemd?

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Types of systemd units

service
socket
path
target

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Identify the status of systemd units

systemctl status UNIT
systemctl is-active UNIT
systemctl is-enabled UNIT
systemctl list-units
systemctl list-unit-files
systemctl --failed

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Using systemctl to manage services

systemctl start UNIT
systemctl stop UNIT
systemctl restart UNIT
systemctl reload UNIT

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Controlling service activation at boot

systemctl enable UNIT
systemctl disable UNIT
systemctl mask UNIT
systemctl unmask UNIT

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What is systemd-journald?

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Finding events with journalctl

journalctl
journalctl -n [NUMBER]
journalctl -p PRIORITY
journalctl -f

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Finding events with journalctl

journalctl --since STIME --until ETIME
(time = YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss, today, yesterday)
journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=UNIT _PID=PID
(others include _COMM, _EXE, _UID)

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Using systemd to resolve boot issues

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Important systemd targets

graphical.target
multi-user.target
rescue.target
emergency.target

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Changing the state of a running system

systemctl isolate TARGET

Not all targets can be isolated

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Changing default.target
systemctl get-default
systemctl set-default TARGET

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Booting into a non-default target

systemd.target=TARGET

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Documentation
systemd(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.service(5),
systemd.socket(5), systemctl(1), and
journalctl(1) man pages
Additional information may be available in the
chapter on managing services with
systemd in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
System Administrator's Guide for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7, which can be found at
http://docs.redhat.com/
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Questions?

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More system administration topics?

Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)
Red Hat System Administration II (RH134)
Red Hat System Administration III (RH254)
http://www.redhat.com/training/paths/core-system-administration.html

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