How do i check the status of a systemd managed service?

maltiger

Tells you if it's enabled, active, some recent log entries, and other useful information.

$ systemctl status cups
● cups.service - CUPS Printing Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-09-20 13:30:43 BST; 1 weeks 2 days ago
 Main PID: 1632 (cupsd)
    Tasks: 1
   CGroup: /system.slice/cups.service
           └─1632 /usr/sbin/cupsd -f

Sep 20 13:30:43 centos-linux.shared systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Sep 20 13:30:43 centos-linux.shared systemd[1]: Starting CUPS Printing Servi....
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