Systemd Usage Guide For Administrators

In Carbonio, services are managed using systemd, which replaces the old zmcontrol command. In this page we present some of the most common systemctl commands, the interface to systemd

Verify the status of all services

# systemctl list-units "carbonio*"

List of all Carbonio unit files

# systemctl list-unit-files "carbonio*"

To start all the main Carbonio services on a node

# systemctl start carbonio.target

This command is similar to the discontinued zmcontrol start command: it brings up all Carbonio Components on that Node (like Directory Server, Proxy, MTA, and so on.) in the correct order.

To stop all the main Carbonio services on a node

# systemctl stop carbonio.target

This command is similar to the discontinued zmcontrol stop command: it brings down all core Carbonio Components on that Node in the correct order.

Enable Target at Boot

# systemctl enable carbonio-directory-server.target

Disable a Target (prevents autostart)

# systemctl disable carbonio-appserver.target

Monitor a Target or Service

# systemctl status carbonio-proxy.target

# journalctl -u carbonio-nginx.service

Inspect Dependencies

# systemctl list-dependencies carbonio-mta.target
# systemctl show carbonio-mta.target

Manage other services

Some additional services (like preview generation, real-time documentation editing, chats, etc.) are already systemd-native and can be started or stopped individually, like this:

# systemctl start carbonio-preview.service
# systemctl stop carbonio-preview.service

# systemctl start carbonio-docs-editor.service
# systemctl stop carbonio-docs-editor.service

# systemctl start carbonio-ws-collaboration.service
# systemctl stop carbonio-ws-collaboration.service

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