OpenRC to systemd Cheatsheet
This article is for users that have recently converted from OpenRC to systemd. It contains a Article description::list of commands commonly used in OpenRC and its equivalent systemd command.
Note
The following table is not an exhaustive list and is not intended to replace reading man pages.
The following table is not an exhaustive list and is not intended to replace reading man pages.
| Command | OpenRC | systemd | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start a service | /etc/init.d/<service> start rc-service <service> start | systemctl start <service> | |
| Stop a service | /etc/init.d/<service> stop rc-service <service> stop | systemctl stop <service> | |
| Restart a service | /etc/init.d/<service> restart rc-service <service> restart | systemctl restart <service> | |
| Get service status | /etc/init.d/<service> status rc-service <service> status | systemctl status <service> | |
| Show known startup scripts | rc-status rc-update show | systemctl list-units | Shows scripts that exist in runlevels |
| Show all startup scripts | ls /etc/init.d/ rc-update -v show | systemctl list-unit-files --type=service | Shows all installed scripts |
| Enable service at startup | rc-update add <service> <runlevel> | systemctl enable <service> | |
| Disable service at startup | rc-update del <service> <runlevel> | systemctl disable <service> |
The following table is a list of useful systemd commands that have no OpenRC equivalent:
| Command | Syntax | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Disable automatically generated service | systemctl mask <service> | Disables dynamically generated services in systemd, which unit files are generated on demand (usually storage triggered services). |
| Kill all processes related to service | systemctl kill <service> | |
| Show logs events that happened today, most recent events first | journalctl -r --since=today | |
| Show log events for a specific service | journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=<service>.service |
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