Systemd Usage Guide For Administrators

In Carbonio, services are now managed using systemd, which replaces the old zmcontrol command. These are the most common commands:

To start all the main Carbonio services on a node (like directory, mail, proxy, etc.) at once, you can use:

# systemctl start carbonio.target

This is similar to what zmcontrol start did before. It brings up all core Carbonio components on that machine in the right order.

To stop all the main Carbonio services on a node (like directory, proxy, web, etc.) at once, you can use:

# systemctl stop carbonio.target

This is similar to what zmcontrol stop did before. It brings down all core Carbonio components on that machine in the right order.

Enable Target at Boot

# systemctl enable carbonio-directory-server.target

Disable a Target (prevents autostart)

# systemctl disable carbonio-appserver.target

Monitor a Target or Service

# systemctl status carbonio-proxy.target

# journalctl -u carbonio-nginx.service

Inspect Dependencies

# systemctl list-dependencies carbonio-mta.target
# systemctl show carbonio-mta.target

Manage other services

Some additional services (like preview generation, real-time documentation editing, chats, etc.) are already systemd-native and can be started or stopped individually, like this:

# systemctl start carbonio-preview.service
# systemctl stop carbonio-preview.service

# systemctl start carbonio-docs-editor.service
# systemctl stop carbonio-docs-editor.service

# systemctl start carbonio-ws-collaboration.service
# systemctl stop carbonio-ws-collaboration.service

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