Graphical frontend for Systemd on openSUSE 12.3, GNOME 3.6

For the UN-initiated :-

• systemd, init - systemd system and service manager
• systemctl - Control the systemd system and service manager

Sample usage of systemd :- Restart Network Service using Systemd

 If you are not comfortable with running systemctl / systemd commands from console / terminal then you can install "systemd-ui" which acts like a Graphical front-end for systemd system and acts like a service manager.

Install and Use systemd-ui

Step 1:- We need to Configure Community Repositories in YaST, GNOME 3.6, openSUSE 12.3

Step 2:- Launch command launcher(Alt+F2) and open terminal using command "gnome-terminal".

Step3:- Now, it is possible to install systemd-ui using the command "sudo -u root zypper in systemd-ui".

Step 4:- Launch the systemd-ui using the command "gnomesu systemadm"

Step5:- Using this tool you can

• Check Current status of the Service,
• View Service dependencies,
• Start Service,
• Stop Service,
• Restart Service,
• In-activate Service etc..