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March 5, 2026·Tech

The Service Dashboard: Mastering systemctl

Master the command center of your Linux server. Learn to manage the lifecycle of services using 'systemctl'. Understand the difference between 'restarting' and 'reloading', and learn to enable services so they survive a reboot.

December 21, 2025·DevOps

Module 12 Lesson 3: Services and Stacks

Master the administrative units of Swarm. Learn how to define 'Services' for individual apps and 'Stacks' for entire multi-container architectures.

December 21, 2025·DevOps

Module 5 Lesson 2: Integration Testing & Services

Do they play well together? Learn how to use GitLab 'Services' to spin up temporary databases and caches (like Redis or Postgres) during your integration tests.