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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index be7c53438..28f0c9bd1 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -702,3 +702,9 @@ def get_interface_config(interface):
from json import loads
tmp = loads(cmd(f'ip -d -j link show {interface}'))[0]
return tmp
+
+def is_systemd_service_running(service):
+ """ Test is a specified systemd service is actually running.
+ Returns True if service is running, false otherwise. """
+ tmp = run(f'systemctl is-active --quiet {service}')
+ return bool((tmp == 0))