How systemd stop command actually works

By default, a SIGTERM is sent, followed by 90 seconds of waiting followed by a SIGKILL.

Killing processes with systemd is very customizable and well-documented.

I recommend reading all of man systemd.kill as well as reading about ExecStop= in man systemd.service.

To respond to those signals, refer to the signal handling documentation for the language you are using.

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