node-systemctl

Control your systemd services from the comfort of your NodeJS script, using this hacky interface module.

Installation

npm i node-systemctl

or

yarn add node-systemctl

Usage

Note: examples assume ES6 modules enabled.

Quick start example

import SystemService from 'node-systemctl'

// construct the service
// using await
const unit = await new SystemService('custom-unit')
if (!unit.isActive) await unit.start()

// or using .then()
new SystemService('custom-unit').then(async unit => {
  if (!unit.isActive) await unit.start()
})

If your service requires root privilages (or you are getting the Interactive authentication required error) pass a truthy value as the second argument:

const superUnit = await new SystemService('custom-unit', true)

Methods

Note: Following methods are async, use await if you need to wait for them to finish.

• start() - Actually restart() in disguise, see below.
• restart() - Starts/restarts the service. Equivalent of systemctl restart <service>.
• stop() - Stops the service. Equivalent of systemctl stop <service>.
• enable() - Enables start at boot. Equivalent of systemctl enable <service>.
• disable() - Disables start at boot. Equivalent of systemctl disable <service>.
• edit() - Opens the unit file in an editor. Equivalent of systemctl edit --full <service>. (Only for use in a CLI environment)

Getters

• isActive: boolean - Returns true if the service is running, i.e., the following are both true:
  • service ActiveState is active
  • service SubState is running
• isEnabled: boolean - Returns true if service start at boot is enabled, i.e., UnitFileState is enabled or static.
• status: string - Returns service state as would be displayed in output of systemctl status. Ex.: active (running)