Linux · System & Processes

How to check the status of a service with systemctl in Linux

Check whether a systemd service is running, enabled at boot, and see its recent log lines with systemctl status, is-active, and is-enabled.

Check a systemd service: whether it is running now, whether it starts at boot, and its recent log. Works on systemd distros (RHEL / Oracle Linux 7+, Ubuntu 16.04+).

# Full status plus recent log lines
systemctl status <service>

# Running right now? (active / inactive)
systemctl is-active <service>

# Starts at boot? (enabled / disabled)
systemctl is-enabled <service>

# List every service and its state
systemctl list-units --type=service

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