Cheat Sheet - Systemd

Start service

systemctl start name.service

Stop service

systemctl stop name.service

Enable service for autostart

systemctl enable name.service

Disable service for autostart

systemctl disable name.service

Reload configuration (without service interruption)

systemctl reload name.service

Overall status

systemctl status

List failing services

systemctl --failed

Status for specific service

systemctl status name.service

See unit file in use

systemctl cat name.service

Useful aliases

alias sudo='sudo '
alias sc='systemctl'
alias scstatus='systemctl status'
alias scstart='systemctl start'
alias scstop='systemctl stop'
alias sccat='systemctl cat'
alias screload='systemctl reload'
alias screstart='systemctl restart'