Auto-start Services on Boot in Linux

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CentOS6

  1. Show the list of services that start on boot.

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    chkconfig --list

  2. Add a service to auto-start on boot.

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    chkconfig --add service_name
    chkconfig service_name on

  3. Confirm script is added successfully

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    chkconfig --list service_name

  4. Disable an auto-start service.

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    chkconfig service_name off
    chkconfig --del service_name

CentOS7

  1. Add a service to auto-start on boot.

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    systemctl enable service_name

  2. Disable an auto-start service.

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    systemctl disable service_name

  3. Check the status of auto-start service.

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    systemctl status service_name