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How to start a service in the system (systemd)?

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To start a service in a systemd system, follow these steps:

  1. Create a service unit file, for example /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service, with the following content:
[Unit]
Description=My Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/myservice
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Reload the systemd configuration:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  1. Start the service:
sudo systemctl start myservice
  1. (Optional) Enable auto-start on boot:
sudo systemctl enable myservice
  1. Check the service status:
sudo systemctl status myservice

Thus, systemd manages the starting, stopping, and monitoring of services in the system.