systemd-notify
Notify service manager about status changes
TLDR
Notify systemd that the service has completed initialization
$ systemd-notify --booted
Signal to systemd that the service is ready$ systemd-notify --ready
Provide a custom status message to systemd$ systemd-notify --status "[Add custom status message here...]"
SYNOPSIS
systemd-notify [options] [variable=value...]
DESCRIPTION
systemd-notify notifies the service manager about start-up completion and other daemon status changes. It is primarily used within systemd service scripts for services with Type=notify.
The status text provided with --status is displayed by systemctl status. This allows services to communicate their current state and progress to administrators.
PARAMETERS
--ready
Signal service readiness to systemd--booted
Check if system was booted with systemd--status _text_
Send status text to service manager--pid _pid_
Inform about main PID of daemon--uid _user_
Specify the user to notify as--reloading
Signal that service is reloading configuration--stopping
Signal that service is stopping
CAVEATS
Only useful within systemd service contexts. The service must be configured with Type=notify or Type=notify-reload in its unit file. Has no effect when run outside of systemd services. Part of the systemd suite.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd.service(5)