The command on CentOS 7

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truyencuoi
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The command on CentOS 7

Post by truyencuoi » 2019/06/20 01:03:16

Can I use CentOS 6 commands on CentOS 7?
For example:

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service nginx restart
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Re: The command on CentOS 7

Post by jlehtone » 2019/06/20 06:24:08

Some of the "old commands" are mere wrappers for "new commands", but I would not rely on that.

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# service nginx status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status nginx.service
...
Your example, nginx, is in EPEL repository and the version for el7 has been configured to be a systemd service. Therefore, the "native" command is:

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# systemctl restart nginx
The upstream (RHEL-7) has extensive documentation. Use it. If you are not in a hurry, then focus on RHEL-8 for CentOS 8 is within feasible(*) future.

(*) Assessment ignores likelihood of global warming killing all humans.

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