Systemd

Description

systemd is a system and session manager for Linux also including udev nowadays.

Kernel settings

First of all you need a recent kernel version >=3.5 and some kernel options set.

Installation

File: /etc/paludis/options.conf

*/* build_options: jobs=5 -recommended_tests
*/* systemd
sys-apps/systemd simple-net

# cave resolve systemd -x

Now we need to reinstall packages with the systemd option set.

# cave resolve world -cx

Configuration

File: /etc/hostname

desired-hostname

File: /etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP="de"

File: /etc/conf.d/network.conf

IFACE=eth0
IPV4=192.168.0.2
MASK=255.255.255.0
BCAST=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

File: /etc/env.d/02locale

LANG=de_DE.utf8

Reboot and login.

Enable network

Either for simple net:

# systemctl enable network.service

Or when using NetworkManager:

# cave resolve repository/desktop -x

# cave resolve NetworkManager -x

# systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

Enable sshd connectivity

# systemctl enable sshd.socket

# systemctl start sshd.socket

Manually starting and stopping services

You'll find an overview of all installed services and sockets in /lib/systemd/system.

# systemctl start <service>.service

# systemctl stop <service>.service

# systemctl

prints a status report of your systemd setup.

Enable additional/optional services

systemd-journal-gatewayd (accessible via port 19531):

# systemctl enable systemd-journal-gatewayd.service

NFS (client):

# systemctl start rpcstatd.service

vixie-cron:

# systemctl enable vixie-cron.service

ntp:

# systemctl enable ntpd.service

MySQL:

# systemctl enable mysql.service