Does the command systemctl and service exists on linux only and not mac?

Asked Dec 21 '17 at 23:28

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Hi I'm trying to see the status of my apache services on my Mac. I tried the command

sudo service httpd status

but command not found

I look up in Google and discover systemctl so I try that

sudo man systemctl

and it shows no manual entry for systemctl

I noticed that I didn't see much mac os and only see linux in the websites on Google.

Does the command systemctl and service exists on linux only and not Mac?

If so, what is the mac version of these command?

asked Dec 21 '17 at 23:28

Henry Yang

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The equivalent to Linux systemctl on macOS would be launchctl. Apache also has its own HTTP Server Control Interface, apachectl.

↳ OS X Man Pages

edited Jan 15 '23 at 19:01

danronmoon

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answered Dec 22 '17 at 00:26

l'L'l

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here is a sample usage of launchctl with nginx: https://derickbailey.com/2014/12/27/how-to-start-nginx-on-port-80-at-mac-osx-boot-up-log-in/ – cyrilchampier Aug 06 '18 at 12:19
thanks @cyrilchampier that article by Derick was short and sweet, and worked nicely – Peter Perháč Mar 30 '20 at 09:50
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@cyrilchampier Looks like the link is dead :( – yanksrock1000 May 28 '22 at 05:48