https://docs.ayshell.dev/tags/services/Recent content in Services on DocumentationHugo -- 0.147.5enSun, 29 Jun 2025 20:02:46 +0530https://docs.ayshell.dev/posts/linux/systemd/service-management/Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:02:46 +0530https://docs.ayshell.dev/posts/linux/systemd/service-management/<h1 id="checking-service-status-in-detail">Checking Service Status In Detail</h1> <p>The <code>systemctl status</code> command provides detailed information about a service, including it&rsquo;s current state (<em>active, inactive, failed</em>), recent log entries, and reasons for failure if the service is not running.</p> <p><strong>Example Command</strong>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl status apache2 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e">#or httpd service</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl status httpd </span></span></code></pre></div><p><strong>Output</strong>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>iamyaash@pi5:~ $ sudo systemctl status firewalld.service </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Loaded: loaded <span style="color:#f92672">(</span>/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled; preset: enabled<span style="color:#f92672">)</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Active: active <span style="color:#f92672">(</span>running<span style="color:#f92672">)</span> since Sun 2025-06-29 20:30:48 IST; 1s ago </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Docs: man:firewalld<span style="color:#f92672">(</span>1<span style="color:#f92672">)</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Main PID: <span style="color:#ae81ff">7956</span> <span style="color:#f92672">(</span>firewalld<span style="color:#f92672">)</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Tasks: <span style="color:#ae81ff">2</span> <span style="color:#f92672">(</span>limit: 9585<span style="color:#f92672">)</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> CPU: 279ms </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> CGroup: /system.slice/firewalld.service </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> └─7956 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/sbin/firewalld --nofork --nopid </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Jun <span style="color:#ae81ff">29</span> 20:30:48 pi5 systemd<span style="color:#f92672">[</span>1<span style="color:#f92672">]</span>: Starting firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon... </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Jun <span style="color:#ae81ff">29</span> 20:30:48 pi5 systemd<span style="color:#f92672">[</span>1<span style="color:#f92672">]</span>: Started firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon. </span></span></code></pre></div><p>The output includes:</p>