Service management

Complete the dae configuration first, then choose your service manager. The sudo tab is selected by default.

Installation	Service manager	Configuration file / requirement
Arch Linux	systemd	/etc/dae/config.dae
Debian	systemd	/etc/dae/config.dae
Ubuntu	systemd	/etc/dae/config.dae
Fedora	systemd	/etc/dae/config.dae
RHEL	systemd	/etc/dae/config.dae
openSUSE	systemd	/etc/dae/config.dae
Gentoo	systemd or OpenRC	/etc/dae/config.dae
NixOS	systemd	Boot enablement is managed by the NixOS module
Alpine (dae-installer)	OpenRC	/usr/local/etc/dae/config.dae
Manual installation	Depends on the installed service	Install the corresponding service file first
Docker	Not covered here	Follow the platform tutorial
macOS host	Not covered here	Follow the platform tutorial

Choose the action you need; these are not sequential steps.

Start now and enable at boot

systemd · sudo

sudo systemctl enable --now dae

systemd · root

systemctl enable --now dae

OpenRC · sudo

sudo rc-service dae start
sudo rc-update add dae default

OpenRC · root

rc-service dae start
rc-update add dae default

Start now

systemd · sudo

sudo systemctl start dae

systemd · root

systemctl start dae

OpenRC · sudo

sudo rc-service dae start

OpenRC · root

rc-service dae start

Enable at boot

Enabling the service at boot does not start it immediately.

systemd · sudo

sudo systemctl enable dae

systemd · root

systemctl enable dae

OpenRC · sudo

sudo rc-update add dae default

OpenRC · root

rc-update add dae default

Reload configuration

After editing the configuration file, reload the running dae service.

The OpenRC service script does not define a reload action. Use dae’s built-in reload command while the service is running.

systemd · sudo

sudo systemctl reload dae

systemd · root

systemctl reload dae

OpenRC · sudo

sudo dae reload

OpenRC · root

dae reload

Restart the service

Restart stops and starts dae, interrupting existing connections. To apply configuration changes, use reload above.

systemd · sudo

sudo systemctl restart dae

systemd · root

systemctl restart dae

OpenRC · sudo

sudo rc-service dae restart

OpenRC · root

rc-service dae restart

Verify the service

After starting, check that dae is running. systemd prints active; OpenRC reports status: started.

systemd · sudo

sudo systemctl is-active dae

systemd · root

systemctl is-active dae

OpenRC · sudo

sudo rc-service dae status

OpenRC · root

rc-service dae status

If systemd does not print active, read the last 50 journal lines of this boot:

systemd · sudo

sudo journalctl -u dae -b -n 50 --no-pager

systemd · root

journalctl -u dae -b -n 50 --no-pager

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