tldr/pages/common/sv.md

sv

Control a running runsv service. More information: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/latest/man8/sv.8.html.

• Start a service:

sudo sv up {{path/to/service}}

• Stop a service:

sudo sv down {{path/to/service}}

• Get service status:

sudo sv status {{path/to/service}}

• Reload a service:

sudo sv reload {{path/to/service}}

• Start a service, but only if it's not running and don't restart it if it stops:

sudo sv once {{path/to/service}}