systemctl – inspect and manage systemd services

systemctl command

systemctl command helps you confirm system status and manage systemd services.

Show systemd Services

Simplest command is probably systemctl status:

● srv.ts.com
State: running
Jobs: 0 queued
Failed: 0 units
Since: Tue 2019-11-26 22:16:20 GMT; 1 months 18 days ago
CGroup: /
├─user.slice
│ └─user-1000.slice
│ ├─[email protected]
│ │ └─init.scope
│ │ ├─2814 /lib/systemd/systemd –user
│ │ └─2815 (sd-pam)
│ ├─session-1365.scope
│ │ ├─591 sshd: greys [priv]
│ │ ├─601 sshd: [email protected]/0
│ │ ├─602 -bash
│ │ ├─607 systemctl status
│ │ └─608 pager
│ └─session-1290.scope
│ ├─2834 tmux
│ ├─2835 -bash
│ ├─2843 sudo -i
│ └─2844 -bash
├─init.scope

See Also

Linux Commands Advanced Unix Commands journalctl command systemd reference Make BIND9 named use only IPv4 (example of using systemctl status there)

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