How do you enable a service to start at boot in CentOS?

Learn how to enable a service to start at boot in CentOS by following simple steps. Ensure your services run automatically every time your system reboots.

How do you enable a service to start at boot in CentOS?

To enable a service to start at boot in CentOS, you can use the systemctl command. Here are the steps:

  1. Open a terminal on your CentOS system.

  2. Enable the service to start at boot:

     
    sudo systemctl enable <service-name>

Replace <service-name> with the name of the service you want to enable. For example, to enable the httpd (Apache web server) service, you would run:

 
sudo systemctl enable httpd
  1. Verify that the service is enabled:
     
    sudo systemctl is-enabled <service-name>

If the service is enabled, this command should return enabled.

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