From 60dcbae4c5077ea15165321baa67539120591af1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blake Rouse <blake.rouse@elastic.co>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:52:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with systemd inactive status. (#243)

---
 service_systemd_linux.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/service_systemd_linux.go b/service_systemd_linux.go
index 3ce78bf..bfb7a99 100644
--- a/service_systemd_linux.go
+++ b/service_systemd_linux.go
@@ -249,7 +249,17 @@ func (s *systemd) Status() (Status, error) {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(out, "active"):
 		return StatusRunning, nil
 	case strings.HasPrefix(out, "inactive"):
-		return StatusStopped, nil
+		// inactive can also mean its not installed, check unit files
+		exitCode, out, err := runWithOutput("systemctl", "list-unit-files", "-t", "service", s.Name)
+		if exitCode == 0 && err != nil {
+			return StatusUnknown, err
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(out, s.Name) {
+			// unit file exists, installed but not running
+			return StatusStopped, nil
+		}
+		// no unit file
+		return StatusUnknown, ErrNotInstalled
 	case strings.HasPrefix(out, "activating"):
 		return StatusRunning, nil
 	case strings.HasPrefix(out, "failed"):