#!/linuxSucks/Services & Daemons in Void Linux Runit
May 23, 2021Void uses the runit supervision suite to run system services and daemons
Basic Usage
To start, stop, restart or get the status of a service:
sv up <services>
sv down <services>
sv restart <services>
sv status <services>
Example
sv status dhcpcd
See the man sv(8) for more information
Enabling Services
Void Linux provides service directories for most daemons in /etc/sv/
To enable a service on a booted system, create a symlink to the service directory in /var/service/
ln -s /etc/sv/<service> /var/service/
Disabling Services
To disable a service, remove the symlink from the running runsvdir
rm /var/service/<service>
Testing Services
To check if a service is working correctly when started by the service supervisor, run it once before fully enabling it:
touch /etc/sv/<service>/down
ln -s /etc/sv/<service> /var/service/
sv once <service>
If everything works, remove the down file to enable the service.