How to boot a system into a custom target using systemd?

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Issue

  • How to boot a system into a custom target using systemd?
  • How to replicate traditional runlevel 2/3 using systemd?
  • How to boot a system into a custom target with limited services running?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • systemd

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