Using the Service Management Facility

The Service Management Facility (SMF) is the SmartOS way to start and stop servers (web, database, email, and so on) and provides two distinct advantages:

• It monitors services and restarts them automatically if they stop running.
• It understands the dependencies between services. For example, SMF will not attempt to start your webserver if your network is down.

A great resource for SMF is Ben Rockwood's SMF CheatSheet.

In this section:

• Basic SMF Commands
• Granting Users Administrative Access to a Specific SMF Service
• Building Manifests
• Uncovering Information About Services