The service unit is one of the most important units of systemd, which is managed using systemctl. If no unit type is specified, systemctl shows the status of the service unit, if it exists. The following is the syntax to view any unit:
# systemctl status name.type
Here, name is the service name and type is the unit type, such as service, socket, path, and so on. The example in the following screenshot illustrates the usage of the systemctl command for viewing the status of a service:
The following table lists the various statuses of services, along with their descriptions:
|
Status |
Description |
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Loaded |
Unit configuration file is processed successfully |
|
Active (running) |
Running with one or more active processes |
|
Active (exited) |
Successfully completed a one-time configuration |
|
Active (waiting) |
Running and waiting for an event to take place |
|
Inactive |
Not running currently |
|
Enabled |
Will get started at boot time |
|
Disabled |
Will not get started at boot time |
|
Static |
Cannot be enabled directly, but may be started by another enabled unit automatically |