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Get

Get details for a specific systemd service on a target host:

$ osapi client node service get --target web-01 --name nginx.service

Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

NAME STATUS ENABLED DESCRIPTION PID
nginx.service active true A high performance web server 1234

Target all hosts to inspect the same service across the fleet:

$ osapi client node service get --target _all --name nginx.service

Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

web-01
NAME STATUS ENABLED DESCRIPTION PID
nginx.service active true A high performance web server 1234

web-02
NAME STATUS ENABLED DESCRIPTION PID
nginx.service active true A high performance web server 5678

JSON Output

Use --json to get the full API response:

$ osapi client node service get --target web-01 \
--name nginx.service --json
{"results":[{"hostname":"web-01","status":"ok","service":{
"name":"nginx.service","status":"active","enabled":true,
"description":"A high performance web server","pid":1234}
}],"job_id":"..."}

Flags

FlagDescriptionDefault
--nameService namerequired
-T, --targetTarget: _any, _all, hostname, or label (group:web)_any
-j, --jsonOutput raw JSON response