{"id":8639,"date":"2022-03-13T22:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=8639"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:00:29","slug":"linux-systemd-set-default-runlevel-to-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/linux-systemd-set-default-runlevel-to-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux\/systemd: Set default runlevel to console"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_8639 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_8639')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_8639').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"Linux%2Fsystemd%3A%20Set%20default%20runlevel%20to%20console\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Afor%20server%20systems%20it%20isn%27t%20necessary%20to%20start%20a%20graphical%20user%20interface%20because%20they%20usually%20run%20headless.%0D%0A%20%28more%26hellip%3B%29\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. When activating, data are transmitted to third parties. \",\"perma_option\":\"off\"}},\"txt_help\":\"When you activate these fields by clicking, information to Flattr may be transferred abroad, and probably may also stored there.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Enable permanently and accept data transmission. \",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/michlstechblog.info\\\/blog\\\/linux-systemd-set-default-runlevel-to-console\\\/\",\"post_id\":8639,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"Linux%2Fsystemd%3A+Set+default+runlevel+to+console\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>for server systems it isn&#8217;t necessary to start a graphical user interface because they usually run headless.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nPre systemd system set their default (init) runlevel in \/etc\/inittab. For the most linux distributions the runlevel for text console\/non graphical login was 3.<\/p>\n<p>Systemd introduces target concept. If you host want to boot to text console set the default target to multi-user:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nroot@debdev ~ # systemctl get-default\r\ngraphical.target\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nroot@debdev ~ # systemctl set-default multi-user.target\r\nroot@debdev ~ # systemctl get-default\r\nmulti-user.target\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, for server systems it isn&#8217;t necessary to start a graphical user interface because they usually run headless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[870,3],"tags":[196,1209,224,1825,1579,1826,384,1824],"class_list":["post-8639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-debian","category-linux","tag-console","tag-default","tag-linux-2","tag-multi-user-target","tag-runlevel","tag-runlevel-3","tag-set","tag-text-console"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8639"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8641,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions\/8641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}