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Managing services
Introduction
- There are multiple services running on OpenWrt to perform different tasks.
- This guide describes how to manage system services via WebUI or CLI.
Goals
- Start, stop, restart, enable and disable system services.
Web interface
Log in the system using LuCI and manage services via WebUI.
- Navigate to LuCI → System → Startup.
- See the list of all the available services and use buttons to execute actions.
Command-line interface
Commands to manage system services. Use the invocation column inside scripts or cron.
| Command | Invocation | Description |
|---|---|---|
service | ls /etc/init.d | Print a list of available services |
service servicename | /etc/init.d/servicename | Print a list of available actions for a service |
service servicename action | /etc/init.d/servicename action | Execute that action on that service |
service servicename action instance | /etc/init.d/servicename action instance | Execute that action on that service instance, e.g. specific OpenVPN connection |
Common actions supported by most services.
| 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 |
docs/guide-user/base-system/managing_services.txt · Last modified: 2019/05/09 17:54 by vgaetera
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