Using basic systemd commands
Control Plan
Systemd is a complex management structure with many commands and capabilities. We provide an overview of a few basic commands and their use.
One of the criticisms of systemd, the new system management framework [1], is that it is a monolithic structure that violates the time-honored Unix principle of using small, dedicated tools. However, when you examine it, systemd proves less monolithic than it sounds. Instead, it has introduced a series of new tools for system administration, each of which has its own specific purpose.
What gives systemd a monolithic appearance is that its structure is consistent throughout. Users can be confident that a file ending in "ctl" is a command, whereas one ending in "conf" is a configuration file. Even more importantly, each command has the same structure:
COMMAND SUB-COMMAND OPTIONS
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