Cheat Sheet: systemd

Systemd starts, stops and manages the system initialization.

statistics

Show some Systemd Stats (Time)

systemd-analyze [critical-chain|blame]

control systemd units - see systemctl

systemctl

control the journal - see journalctl

journalctl

control hostname

hostnamectl

control / monitor dbus

busctl [monitor]

control date and time

timedatectl

control language or keyboardlayout

localectl

control login

loginctl

control Virtual Machine

machinectl

Path for unit-files

/usr/lib/systemd/system/

Config Path

/etc/systemd/system

Drop In Configs

/etc/systemd/system/<unitfile>.d/*.conf