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System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1).

If you get a

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
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this typically occurs when you're trying to use the systemctl command in an environment that does not support systemd as the init system.

Solution: Use Sysvinit

# Use the Below
sudo service start <service name> 

## Example below
sudo service start nginx

# Instead of 
sudo systemctl start <service name>
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