Systemd Deep-Dive: A Complete, Easy to Understand Guide for Everyone

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Systemd - it's the most popular init system when it comes to Linux, and everyone loves it. Honest. But whether or not you love Systemd, you're going to love this video because it will teach you all the core basics of Systemd. This coverage will include starting, stopping, restarting units, location priority in regard to unit file locations, editing service units and more! (And yes, you WILL learn Systemd with this video, or your money back!!!)

Note: Be sure to check the time code section to see what's covered. One or more follow-up videos will be made at some point in the future to cover anything I ran out of time for. Enjoy!

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*⏰ TIME CODES*
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - How this video will be structured
02:11 - Some basic knowledge on init systems, etc
04:46 - What are Units in terms of Systemd?
06:02 - Installing Apache (for use as an example service unit)
07:51 - Checking the status of a Systemd Unit
09:34 - Starting a Systemd Unit
11:02 - How to stop a Unit with Systemd
11:47 - Restarting a Unit
12:38 - Enabling/Disabling Systemd Units
15:58 - Where are Systemd's Unit files stored?
20:40 - Systemd unit file directory priority/preference
23:31 - Taking a closer look at a Systemd Service File
30:22 - How "reload" differs from "restart" in Systemd Service Units
31:37 - Service File explanation (continued)
33:02 - Editing and Overriding Systemd Unit Files
42:01 - Reloading Systemd with systemd daemon-reload (and why you should)
43:06 - Some tips on creating your own unit files

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I'm a longtime amateur linux user for about 23 years. I have had to switch to systemd because my distros switched. But never understood systemd and the discussions really. Now I know a lot more than the few basic commands. Thank You!

gatonero

Thank you for this, as a newbie to Linux i have learned so much today! Your explanation are very clear and concise with just enough details to understand but not be overwhelmed. Well done!.

michellavergne

Jay, you are a hero for a lot of people :)

chancepaayokigarchha

7:09 Great!

I don't know about other people, but I often watch the beginners portion of any educational piece on YouTube. There's always something new to learn, and it's amazing how often it's something basic about a tool I generally already know how to use.

praecorloth

I just started learning devOps and I was told to read/understand systemd and unit files. This is the gem.

aashikyadav

A great content as always.... your YouTube channel is one of the few left tech creators that are actually teaching something and not showing off how much you know.

Ps: Yes, please more tutorial on systemd.

ninja

Amazing work Jay! Def one of my favourite channels! Appreciate your time and effort mate!

gavinskurrie

This is a great video. I found myself needing to understand PID, services, and systemctl a bit more so I am grateful for this content.

rowenarrow

Just want to mirror some of the others in the comment section and say thank you for making content like this, It's materially helping me improve my proficiency with Linux, and enabling my personal projects. This is the kind of content we need.

danielkemmet

Thanks so much for this video, it is really helpful and clarifying. I've been dealing just recently with systemd for the last few days and this gave me a better understanding of how it works.

JulioOAO

The systemd timer to replace cron sounds like an interesting video, can't wait to see that

Mikesco

Another pitfall with the edit/override feature is that options which can be specified multiple times will not be overridden. For example, one may assume *ExecStart=* was changed by the override, when in fact it was merely _added_ to the existing base config. The solution there is to clear them first via empty assignment, followed by a second assignment to the desired new value.

HiAdrian

I just stumbled across this video, and I'm very impressed. It's very rare to find someone who can explain things clearly and concisely, with perfect pacing and reiterations. I'm so glad i found your channel. Please keep up the good work.

objakobi

Some more things you could go into more details about: systemd-nsspawn and systemd containers, systemd-analyse command for startup time, dependency graph and security anlysis of your system, systemd mounts, how to query journalctl properly, useful hardening oprion like privatetmp, protecthome, protectdevices. Ephemeral units with systemd-run.systemd timers and connecting systemd with udev for running services when for example a USB drive is plugged in to trigger some ebackup job

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