Systemd is now the default in RHEL / CentOS 7, the following post is a cheat sheet for systemd commands, useful for local system enumeration.

Systemd is becoming the default on most distros

Systemd is becoming the default in many distros, RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu 15 and it offers a single command to manage your system, instead of switching between chkconfig or running init scripts.

Systemd Service Commands

Command Description

systemctl stop service-name

systemd stop running service

systemctl start service-name

systemctl start service

systemctl restart service-name

systemd restart running service

systemctl reload service-name

reloads all config files for service

systemctl status service-name

systemctl show if service is running

systemctl enable service-name

systemctl start service at boot

systemctrl disable service-name

systemctl - disable service at boot

systemctl show service-name

show systemctl service info

systemctl -H target command service-name

run systemctl commands remotely

Systemd Information Commands

Systemd commands that show useful system information.

Command Description

systemctl list-dependencies

show and units dependencies

systemctl list-sockets

systemd list sockets and activities

systemctl list-jobs

view active systemd jobs

systemctl list-unit-files

systemctl list unit files and their states

systemctl list-units

systemctl list default target (like run level)

Changing System State

systemd reboot, shutdown, default target etc

Command Description

systemctl reboot

systemctl reboot the system

systemctl poweroff

systemctl shutdown (power off the system)

systemctl emergency

Put in emergency mode

systemctl default

systemctl default mode

##Systemctl Viewing Log Messages

Command Description

journalctl

show all collected log messages

journalctl -u sshd.service

see sshd service messages

journelctl -f

follow messages as they appear

journelctl -k

show kernel messages only