systemd · Capability

systemd Varlink — Manager And Units

Self-contained Naftiko capability wrapping the io.systemd.Manager and io.systemd.Unit Varlink interfaces — the JSON-native equivalents of the D-Bus systemd1 surface.

systemd Varlink — Manager And Units is a Naftiko capability published by systemd, one of 9 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider.

Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include IPC, Systemd, Unit, and Varlink.

Run with Naftiko IPCSystemdUnitVarlink

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: systemd Varlink — Manager And Units
  description: |
    Self-contained Naftiko capability wrapping the io.systemd.Manager and io.systemd.Unit Varlink
    interfaces — the JSON-native equivalents of the D-Bus systemd1 surface.
  tags:
  - IPC
  - Systemd
  - Unit
  - Varlink
  created: '2026-05-23'
  modified: '2026-05-23'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    SYSTEMD_VARLINK_SOCKET: SYSTEMD_VARLINK_SOCKET
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: varlink
    namespace: io.systemd.Manager
    socket: /run/systemd/io.systemd.Manager
    description: Manager-level varlink methods on PID 1.
    resources:
    - name: manager
      operations:
      - { name: Describe, method: io.systemd.Manager.Describe, description: Snapshot Manager runtime state. }
      - { name: ListUnits, method: io.systemd.Manager.ListUnits, description: Stream all units. }
  - type: varlink
    namespace: io.systemd.Unit
    socket: /run/systemd/io.systemd.Unit
    description: Per-unit varlink methods.
    resources:
    - name: units
      operations:
      - { name: Describe, method: io.systemd.Unit.Describe, description: Dump full property bag of a unit. }