I've often heard people saying that systemd attempts to do too much and as a result is bloated, but personally i've found it to be sufficient for what i want to do - making certain software run and/or automatically restart on a server.
Some of the alternatives that i've heard of:
- SysVinit (i think older RPM distros used it) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SysVinit
- OpenRC (i believe that Alpine Linux uses it as its default) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenRC
- and here are some other links https://alternativeto.net/software/systemd/
For better or worse, i've mostly just stuck to using systemd because it's good enough - and init systems that require scripts to be written manually intimidate me, since it seems like it'd be easy to make mistakes and the scripts wouldn't be standartized enough. Personally, i prefer to create a configuration file that just defines where the software is, how to keep track of its PID, where and how to get configuration for it, as well as what user/group to execute it as (among other things).
Maybe the poster you're replying to will provide some arguments against systemd and situations where it isn't very nice to use.
The reason I asked is because I'm really not well educated on the alternatives. I've just used SysVinit a little bit (on older Ubuntu) and while I've been learning more and more sysadmin-related stuff this past couple of years, it's all been systemd.
Some of the alternatives that i've heard of:
For better or worse, i've mostly just stuck to using systemd because it's good enough - and init systems that require scripts to be written manually intimidate me, since it seems like it'd be easy to make mistakes and the scripts wouldn't be standartized enough. Personally, i prefer to create a configuration file that just defines where the software is, how to keep track of its PID, where and how to get configuration for it, as well as what user/group to execute it as (among other things).Maybe the poster you're replying to will provide some arguments against systemd and situations where it isn't very nice to use.