rc-service Command Examples

Locate and run OpenRC services with arguments. See also openrc. More information: https://manned.org/rc-service.

• Show a service's status:

rc-service {{service_name}} status

• Start a service:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} start

• Stop a service:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} stop

• Restart a service:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} restart

• Simulate running a service's custom command:

sudo rc-service --dry-run {{service_name}} {{command_name}}

• Actually run a service's custom command:

sudo rc-service {{service_name}} {{command_name}}

• Resolve the location of a service definition on disk:

sudo rc-service --resolve {{service_name}}