Red Hat / CentOS: Check / List Running Services
Q. How do I list all currently running services in Fedora / RHEL / CentOS Linux server?
A. There are various ways and tools to find and list all running services under Fedora / RHEL / CentOS Linux systems.
service command – list running services
service –status-all
service –status-all | grep ntpd
service –status-all | less
Print the status of any service
To print the status of apache (httpd) service:
service httpd status
List all known services (configured via SysV)
chkconfig –list
List service and their open ports
netstat -tulpn
Turn on / off service
ntsysv
chkconfig service off
chkconfig service on
chkconfig httpd off
chkconfig ntpd on
ntsysv is a simple interface for configuring runlevel services which are also configurable through chkconfig. By default, it configures the current runlevel. Just type ntsysv and select service you want to run: