[Systemd] - How to tell if a service is running in a bash script

maggie · 2012-12-06 20:35:17

I need a bash script to query systemd (systemctl or systemd or?) to see if a given service is running. Is there a way to do it talking to systemd directly, not by looking for a pid file or seeing if a process is running? Thank you.

jasonwryan · 2012-12-06 20:39:24

systemctl status $yourservice | grep running
echo $?

WorMzy · 2012-12-06 20:44:06

systemctl is-active

?

jasonwryan · 2012-12-06 20:47:58

WorMzy wrote:

systemctl is-active

?

Nice.

alphaniner · 2012-12-06 20:50:43

FWIW, active does not necessarily mean running:

$ systemctl status netcfg.service 
...
	  Active: active (exited) since Thu, 2012-12-06 10:09:13 EST; 5h 35min ago
...
$ systemctl is-active netcfg.service
active

WorMzy · 2012-12-06 22:37:22

Good point.

I'd say that, in the case of "RemainAfterExit=yes" services, it's not really black and white. The effects of the service are active, even if the service itself has exited, but it's up to the user to decide whether or not that's "running" in their opinion.

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[Systemd] - How to tell if a service is running in a bash script

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