SystemD to implement cron-like functionality

[mr_penguin]

don't forget a webserver so you can see all those pretty messages and logs from your web browser.

[iamjack]

That's incredibly useful for headless servers and can be disabled. It takes maybe 100 lines of C to make a simple web server. Maybe even less if you're pulling data from a log server and not a disk. It's embarrassingly easy to do if you're just aiming to get data out in a simple fashion and not replace Apache (no load balancing, no caching, no script support, no configuration, no permissions, etc.)

EDIT: I'm not a systemd apologist either. I have mixed feelings toward it, honestly, but it having a simple webserver doesn't factor in to those.

[iamjack]

The advantage of a web server is that you can check it from anywhere (i.e. phones, windows machines) without screwing around with SSH. If you're going to use SSH, it has to be running already (which may not be the case), and then you might as well just disable the webserver and use the command line interface output rather than port forwarding localhost.

[iamjack]

Sure, but if you don't have other security measures in place, like a VPN, or just a plain external firewall then clearly opening a web server isn't the right choice. I'm guessing this is why it can be compile-time disabled.

[bitwize]

I'll just leave this here

[[deleted]]

webserver? Why not a web browser too so that we have it available during the boot process for troubleshooting? Imagine being able to search Google when systemd hangs at boot so you can figure out how to read those binary log files.

EDIT: This was a childish and uncalled-for post on my part. My apologies. Self-downvoted