OpenRC

Is an init system used in Linux distro such as Alpine Linux

Monitoring

• rc-status to check status of all services
• rc-service --list to view all available services

Management

Add a service

• Edit a new file in /etc/init.d/
  • Use OpenRC generator to convert a systemd file
• rc-update add {service-name} {run-level-name}
  • rc-update add apache2 default to start apache2 at boot
• rc-service {service-name} start

Restart a service

• rc-service {service-name} restart

Remove a service

• rc-update del {service-name-here}
• rc-service {service-name} stop

Ressources

• How to enable and start services on Alpine Linux - Cyberciti