Service Monitoring

Track systemd services across your fleet. Know instantly when a critical service stops.

Systemd Service Tracking

The Scout agent automatically detects systemd services and tracks their state — active, inactive, or failed. Configure which services to monitor per server, and get instant visibility into service health.

  • Automatic systemd service detection
  • Tracks active, inactive, and failed states
  • Configurable service list per server
  • Lightweight — uses systemctl, no extra tools
$ systemctl status nginx.service active mysqld.service active postfix.service failed redis.service active sshd.service active

Service Status in the Dashboard

Service states are displayed on the server detail page with clear visual indicators. Green for running, red for failed — you can spot problems instantly without SSHing into the server.

  • Visual indicators on the server detail page
  • Color-coded status (green/red/gray)
  • Service list with current state
  • No need to SSH to check service health
Services — web-prod-01 nginx Running php-fpm Running postfix Failed 4 services tracked · 1 alert

Service Failure Alerts

When a tracked service enters a failed state, Server Scout automatically triggers an alert. This integrates directly with the alert system — you get email notifications, dashboard warnings, and recovery tracking.

  • Automatic alert on service failure
  • Integrates with the alert and notification system
  • Email notification when services go down
  • Recovery notification when services restart
Service Alert ✗ ALERT postfix.service failed on web-01 14:23 Email sent to 2 recipients ✓ RECOVERED postfix.service active on web-01

Multi-Server Overview

Track the same service across your entire fleet. Quickly see if nginx is running on all your web servers, or if mysqld has failed on one of your database nodes. Spot inconsistencies at a glance.

  • Track the same service across many servers
  • Spot inconsistencies at a glance
  • Fleet-wide service health visibility
  • Identify which server has the problem
nginx.service across fleet web-prod-01 active web-prod-02 active web-prod-03 failed web-staging-01 active

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