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Qubes service
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.. warning::
This page is intended for advanced users.
Usage documentation is in the ``qvm-service`` man page. There are also described predefined services.
Under the hood, an enabled service in a VM is signaled by a file in ``/var/run/qubes-service``. This can be used to implement an almost enable/disable **per-VM** switch controlled by dom0.
Adding support for systemd services is pretty simple. In the VM, create the following file (and directory, if needed): ``/etc/systemd/system/<service name>.service.d/30_qubes.conf``. It should contain the following:
.. code:: bash
[Unit]
ConditionPathExists=/var/run/qubes-service/<service name>
This will cause the service to be started only when you enable it with ``qvm-service`` for this VM.