Topic: openrc

• OpenRC service management on Alpine: rc-update, rc-service, runlevels and rc-status

  Alpine uses OpenRC, where enabling a service at boot (rc-update add) and controlling it right now (rc-service start/stop/status) are two separate commands built around named runlevels rather than a single systemd-style enable --now. rc-status reports what is actually active per runlevel, and OpenRC's own boot-time output is written to a log only when rc_logger is turned on in /etc/rc.conf.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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