Chapter 74. Checking the State of Services

The manager and agent services are controlled by the systemd system manager:

  • ppem is the manager service.

  • ppem-agent is the agent service.

To view the state of services, use the systemctl utility:

# systemctl status ppem
● ppem.service - PostgresPro Enterprise Manager
    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ppem.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-11-16 15:43:01 MSK; 48min ago
  Main PID: 53582 (ppem-manager)
    Tasks: 7 (limit: 3512)
    Memory: 226.9M
      CPU: 8.445s
    CGroup: /system.slice/ppem.service
            └─53582 /usr/sbin/ppem-manager -config /etc/ppem-manager.yml

The status output contains the following:

  • ppem.service is the name and description of the service.

    The dot indicator (●) uses colors to highlight the service state:

    • White is the neutral inactive or deactivating state.

    • Red is the failed or error state.

    • Green is the normal active, reloading or activating state.

  • Loaded is the service configuration state indicating that the configuration is uploaded to memory and that this is the normal state.

  • Active is the service running state, indicating that the service has successfully started and is currently operational.

    The start time and running duration are also displayed.

  • Main PID is the ID and name of the main process in the list of OS processes.

  • Tasks is the total number of processes and streams generated by the main process.

  • Memory is usage of memory.

  • CPU is usage of CPU time.

  • CGroup is the control group where service processes are placed.

  • After the main section, the last service messages will also be displayed.

When operating correctly, the manager and agent services are in the Active state.