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Usage documentation is on [qvm-service manual page](/doc/dom0-tools/qvm-service/). There are also described predefined services.
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Under the hood enabled service in VM is signaled by file in /var/run/qubes-service. This can be used to implement almost enable/disable **per-VM** switch controlled by dom0. Adding support for systemd services is pretty simple:
In the VM, create `/etc/systemd/system/<service name>.service.d/30_qubes.conf` file
containing (you may need to create a directory for this file first):
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~~~
[Unit]
ConditionPathExists=/var/run/qubes-service/<service name>
~~~
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This will cause service to be started only when you enable it with qvm-service for this VM.