--- layout: doc title: Qubes Service permalink: /en/doc/qubes-service/ redirect_from: - /doc/QubesService/ - /wiki/QubesService/ --- Usage documentation is on [qvm-service manual page](/en/doc/dom0-tools/qvm-service/). There are also described predefined services. 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: 1. Disable old service: `systemctl disable ` 2. Create `/etc/systemd/system/.service` file containing: ~~~ .include /lib/systemd/system/.service [Unit] ConditionPathExists=/var/run/qubes-service/ ~~~ 3. Enable new service: `systemctl enable `. This will cause service to be started only when you enable it with qvm-service for given VM.