Managing system services

LEDE system is composed of many different programs running all the time called daemons or services.
The default ones are already set up in a standard installation, but you may want to change their configuration or add new ones with packages.

CLI Syntax

Command	Invocation	Description
`service`	`ls /etc/init.d/`	print a list of available services
`service service_name`	`/etc/init.d/service_name`	print a list of available actions for a service
`service service_name action`	`/etc/init.d/service_name action`	execute that action on that service
`service service_name action instance`	`/etc/init.d/service_name action instance`	execute that action on that service instance, e.g. specific OpenVPN connection

Technically speaking, the service command is just a wrapper for initscripts found in /etc/init.d.

Luci web interface

Click on System, then on Startup to land in the page listing all the available services and buttons to execute actions.

Actions

The default actions supported by most services are:

Action	Description
start	Start the service
stop	Stop the service
restart	Restart the service
reload	Reload configuration files (or restart if that fails)
enable	Enable service autostart
disable	Disable service autostart