How to start and stop service on Lubuntu

A single computer may have a lot of service running in the background, for example on my lubuntu i have apache web server, mysql database server, and php fpm running in the background, these are services. So how do i start and stop these services?

Lucky for us lubuntu users, lubuntu/ubuntu have special command line tool for starting, stopping, and restarting a service, it's also possible to get the status of the service. The tool for managing services is called service and this tool need to run under root permission.

1. Showing status of all services 

service --status-all

2. How to stop a running service

sudo service [service-name] stop

Example

sudo service mysql stop

sudo service apache2 stop

3. How to start a service

sudo service [service-name] start

Example

sudo service apache2 start

sudo service nginx start

4. How to restart a service

sudo service [service-name] restart

or

sudo service [service-name] reload

Example

sudo service nginx reload

sudo service nginx restart

sudo service mysql restart

5. How to show status of a service

sudo service [service-name] status

Example

sudo service apache2 status

sudo service mysql status

The service command also have other parameters that might be useful for you:

• force-reload
• configtest
• rotate
• upgrade