[SOLVED] Systemd is not starting another unit?

shanebagel · 06-13-2022, 07:05 PM

I have a systemd unit called httpd
I want it to run vsftpd at the same time
Here is the unit file configuration for httpd

[Unit]
Description=The Apache HTTP Server
After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Before=vsftpd.target
Restart=10s
Documentation=man:httpd(8)
Documentation=man:apachectl(8)

These are the only changes I made in bold
I ran daemon-reload and restarted both units
I then started httpd and vsftpd is still not running

Why won't systemd run the other unit? What am I doing wrong?

evo2 · 06-13-2022, 07:33 PM

Did you you really start vsftpd.service unit?

Did you check "systemctl status vsftpd.service" and "journalctl -u vsftpd.service"?

Evo2.

shanebagel · 06-13-2022, 09:53 PM

So if I add the unit with Requires/Before/After into the unit configuration file, and then restart the httpd service (which specifies the vsftpd service to run with with the dependency clause) - should it not start the vsftpd service?

shanebagel · 06-13-2022, 10:19 PM

Oh my god - I found out what I was doing wrong.
In the unit configuration file I was typing out vsftpd.target INSTEAD OF vsftpd.service. vsftpd is not a target so systemd didn't have anything to start. I changed it to vsftpd.service - ran the httpd unit and now the vsftpd unit is running.
Thanks!