NAME

       dh_systemd_start - start/stop/restart systemd unit files

SYNOPSIS

       dh_systemd_start [debhelper options] [--restart-after-upgrade] [--no-restart-on-upgrade] [unit file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_systemd_start is a debhelper program that is responsible for starting/stopping or restarting systemd
       unit files in case no corresponding sysv init script is available.

       As with dh_installinit, the unit file is stopped before upgrades and started afterwards (unless
       --restart-after-upgrade is specified, in which case it will only be restarted after the upgrade).  This
       logic is not used when there is a corresponding SysV init script because invoke-rc.d performs the
       stop/start/restart in that case.

OPTIONS

       --restart-after-upgrade
           Do not stop the unit file until after the package upgrade has been completed.  This is different than
           the  default  behavior,  which  stops  the unit file in the prerm and starts it again in the postinst
           maintscript.

           This can be useful for daemons that should not have a possibly long downtime during upgrade. But  you
           should  make  sure  that  the  daemon  will not get confused by the package being upgraded while it's
           running before using this option.

       -r, --no-restart-on-upgrade
           Do not stop service on upgrade.

       --no-start
           Do not start the unit file after upgrades and after initial installation (the latter is only relevant
           for services without a corresponding init script).

NOTES

       Note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called between invocations of this command
       (with the same arguments). Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text  to  be  added  to
       maintainer scripts.

       Note  that  dh_systemd_start  should be run after dh_installinit so that it can detect corresponding SysV
       init scripts. The default sequence in dh does the right thing, this note is only relevant  when  you  are
       calling dh_systemd_start manually.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

AUTHORS

       pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org

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