Systemd system and services manager can be controlled using the systemctl command line utility. It enables you to manage systemd locally or on a remote Linux machine over the SSH protocol.
To connect to a remote server, run systemctl with the --host or -H flag as follows. In the command below, we are connecting to the remote server as the root user and status is a subcommand of systemctl utility used to view the status of the httpd service on centos.rootadminz.lan (remote Linux server).
$ systemctl --host root@centos.rootadminz.lan status httpd.service OR $ systemctl -H root@centos.rootadminz.lan status httpd.service
Similarly, you can also start, stop or restart remote systemd service as shown.
$ systemctl --host root@centos.rootadminz.lan start httpd.service $ systemctl --host root@centos.rootadminz.lan stop httpd.service $ systemctl --host root@centos.rootadminz.lan restart httpd.service
To end the session, simply type [Ctrl+C]. For more information and usage options, see the systemctl man page:
$ man systemctl
