How to Autostart a Program at Bootup (Enable a Service)

RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) has a uniform way to auto start application when booting or more strictly said, how to enable a service.

$ chkconfig service_name on

And to verify/list that service is enable.

$ chkconfig --list service_name

And to list all services.

$ chkconfig --list

And to disable a service.

$ chkconfig service_name off

References:

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-services-chkconfig.html