Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The second video in the systemd series, which covers the most common systemctl commands that developers, sysadmins, and devops engineers use.


0:00 Introduction
0:13 systemctl subcommands
0:30 systemctl list-units
0:54 systemctl list-unit-files
1:23 unit state management
1:40 systemctl status
2:08 enable/disable vs. start/stop
4:20 type forking, PIDFile
5:16 systemctl stop
5:40 ExecReload and systemctl reload
6:30 Review / Summary
6:56 systemctl kill
7:12 Unit Statuses
8:25 Indirect, Linked, Masked, etc.


freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemctl.html


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