System Grab Bag

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sv

Control a running runsv service. More information: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/latest/man8/sv.8.html.
  • Start a service:
    sudo sv up {{path/to/service}}
  • Stop a service:
    sudo sv down {{path/to/service}}
  • Get service status:
    sudo sv status {{path/to/service}}
  • Reload a service:
    sudo sv reload {{path/to/service}}
  • Start a service, but only if it's not running and don't restart it if it stops:
    sudo sv once {{path/to/service}}

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