services:starting_a_service
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Services - Starting a service
The recommended method to use it at the top of this list, but if that does not work try the other methods.
Using systemctl
systemctl only works on systemd based Ubuntu like version 16.04 LTS and above.
systemctl start service_name.service
Example:
systemctl start apache2.service
Using System V
With sysv-rc-conf or sysvconfig under Debian or Ubuntu Linux.
/etc/init.d/service_name
Example:
/etc/init.d/apache2
Using Service
service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with current working directory set to /.
service works in most Linux distributions including Debian and Ubuntu.
service service_name start
Example:
service apache2 start
Using Upstart
invoke-rc.d is the preferred command for packages' maintainer scripts, according to the command's man page.
upstart only works on certain version of Ubuntu.
invoke-rc.d service_name start
Example:
invoke-rc.d apache2 start
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