How systemd stop command actually works

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user3805417 picture user3805417 · Mar 23, 2017 · Viewed 41.3k times · Source

I am using a systemd service which calls a process when it's been "started" (e.g.$systemctl start test.service). As per the design, the process stays for ever in a loop, we are able to see process existence using 'ps' command. We have also seen that the process is getting killed (as intended) for systemctl stop command. However our requirement is, we want to do some safe shutdown operations from within the process before it gets killed. But I am not sure how to detect a systemd stop operation from within the process.

Does a systemctl stop test.service command send SIGKILL or SIGTERM signal to kill the process? How can i detect a systemctl stop operation from within a process?

Answer

Mark Stosberg picture Mark Stosberg · Mar 23, 2017

By default, a SIGTERM is sent, followed by 90 seconds of waiting followed by a SIGKILL.

Killing processes with systemd is very customizable and well-documented.

I recommend reading all of man systemd.kill as well as reading about ExecStop= in man systemd.service.

To respond to those signals, refer to the signal handling documentation for the language you are using.

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