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Get systemd service status

Get systemd service status - Linux Tutorial

From the course: Linux: Shells and Processes

Get systemd service status

- [Instructor] System services and enterprise Linux, are now managed by systemd. Keep in mind that systemd manages a lot of other types of objects like devices, mounted volumes, network sockets, system timers which are similar to cron jobs and targets, the systemd equivalent to run levels and even more. Because we're only interested in service unit files currently, we'll be specifying that type with each command. Systemd is very complex and the system CTL command has the be willing array of sub commands and options. In fact, the manual page, just for the system CTL command, is over 1,200 lines long. So I'm going to do my best to simplify things so they make some sort of sense. Systemd objects are called units. And for each unit there's a unit files that's stored on disc. That unit file contains the units configuration. The system CTL command is what we use to manage systemd units. It has a couple of very similar…

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