Systemd has replaced sysVinit as the default service manager in RHEL 7. Some of the sysVinit commands have been symlinked to their RHEL 7 counterparts, however this will eventually be deprecated in favor of the standard systemd commands in the future.<\/p>\n
SysVinit V\/s systemd runlevels<\/p>\n
Here is a comparison between SysVinit runlevels V\/s systemd targets.<\/p>\n
SYSVINIT RUNLEVEL\tSYSTEMD TARGET\tFUNCTION
\n0\trunlevel0.target, poweroff.target\tSystem halt\/shutdown
\n1, s, single\trunlevel1.target, rescue.target\tSingle-user mode
\n2, 4\trunlevel2.target, runlevel4.target, multi-user.target\tUser-defined\/Site-specific runlevels. By default, identical to 3.
\n3\trunlevel3.target, multi-user.target\tMulti-user, non-graphical mode, text console only
\n5\trunlevel5.target, graphical.target\tMulti-user, graphical mode
\n6\trunlevel6.target, reboot.target\tReboot
\nemergency\temergency.target\tEmergency mode
\nChanging runlevels with systemd<\/p>\n
The runlevel target can be changed by using the systemctl isolate command :<\/p>\n
# systemctl isolate multi-user.target
\nTo view what targets are available you can issue the list-units option with the type target<\/p>\n
# systemctl list-units –type=target
\nRun level 3 is emulated by multi-user.target. This is done by symbolic link and can be used interchangeably<\/p>\n
# systemctl isolate multi-user.target
\n# systemctl isolate runlevel3.target
\n# ls -l \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/runlevel3.target
\nlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 18 11:41 \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/runlevel3.target -> multi-user.target
\nRun level 5 is emulated by graphical.target. This is also done by symbolic link and can be used interchangeably<\/p>\n
# systemctl isolate graphical.target
\n# systemctl isolate runlevel5.target
\n# ls -l \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/runlevel5.target
\nlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 18 11:41 \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/runlevel5.target -> graphical.target
\nChanging the default runlevel<\/p>\n
The default runlevel can be changed by using the set-default option.<\/p>\n
# systemctl set-default multi-user.target
\nTo get the currently set default, you can use the get-default option.<\/p>\n
# systemctl get-default
\nThe default runlevel in systemd can also be set using the below method (not recommended though).<\/p>\n
# ln -sf \/lib\/systemd\/system\/[desired].target \/etc\/systemd\/system\/default.target
\nThe default target can also be set in the kernel line during boot by adding the following option :<\/p>\n
systemd.unit=multi-user.target<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Systemd has replaced sysVinit as the default service manager in RHEL 7. Some of the sysVinit commands have been symlinked to their RHEL 7 counterparts, however this will eventually be deprecated in favor of the standard systemd commands in the future.<\/p>\n
SysVinit V\/s systemd runlevels<\/p>\n
Here is a comparison between SysVinit runlevels V\/s systemd targets.<\/p>\n
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