ubuntu:services:enable_a_service_at_boot
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Ubuntu - Services - Enable a service at boot
Using systemctl
To start a service at boot, use the enable command:
sudo systemctl enable application.service
This will create a symbolic link from the system’s copy of the service file (usually in /lib/systemd/system or /etc/systemd/system) into the location on disk where systemd looks for autostart files (usually /etc/systemd/system/some_target.target.wants).
Using invoke-rc.d
update-rc.d service_name defaults
Using System V
With sysv-rc-conf or sysvconfig
sysv-rc-conf service_name on
ubuntu/services/enable_a_service_at_boot.txt · Last modified: 2020/07/15 09:30 by 127.0.0.1