# DietPi-Services
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [26 February 2022 14:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371 "2022-02-26T14:30:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@AnBad](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/AnBad)
#### Post date: [26 February 2022 14:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371/1 "2022-02-26T14:30:21Z")
Hi,
what is the purpose of “DietPi-Services”?
Just a convenient way to manage all services? Or is it essential for the OS, for powerdown and booting?
Kind regards
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### Author:  [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)
#### Post date: [26 February 2022 21:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371/2 "2022-02-26T21:40:32Z")
Just have a look: cat /boot/dietpi/dietpi-services
It’s a script to manage your services. It comes with a kind ouf “GUI” (not a real GUI, but text based menus, which makes it more comfortable to configure everything)
So it’s not essential for the OS. But this is the whole idea behind DietPi, I guess: Make the usage of your SBC (or whatever you use) more easy, with script like that.
There are also some more scripts of this kind:
dietpi-autostart dietpi-drive\_manager dietpi-optimal\_mtu
dietpi-backup dietpi-explorer dietpi-services
dietpi-banner dietpi-justboom dietpi-software
dietpi-bugreport dietpi-launcher dietpi-survey
dietpi-cleaner dietpi-led\_control dietpi-sync
dietpi-cloudshell dietpi-letsencrypt dietpi-update
dietpi-config dietpi-logclear dietpi-vpn
dietpi-cron dietpi-morsecode dietpi-wifidb
dietpi-ddns dietpi-nordvpn
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [27 February 2022 06:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371/3 "2022-02-27T06:28:02Z")
What is the purpose of your question? Any reason why you are asking?
Basically you can use the script to manage your services. We use it as well in some of our scripts to start/stop services.
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### Author:  [@AnBad](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/AnBad)
#### Post date: [28 February 2022 20:19 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371/4 "2022-02-28T20:19:35Z")
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> What is the purpose of your question? Any reason why you are asking?
Hi,
I wasn´t sure if I should add a service from another server I have installed (fhem Homeserver). Then I was asking myself if its necessary to add the fhem.services because maybe in regard to do a (dietpi)-backup so that the fhem-services will be stopped during a backup…
Meanwhile I added the fhem.services an everything works well.
Many thanks to all of you.
Kind regards.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [28 February 2022 20:57 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-services/6371/5 "2022-02-28T20:57:21Z")
Yes, adding your services is a good idea, if you like to backup your system (to keep it consistent)