Systemctl remove unit from failed list

Question

How can I remove a unit from the systemctl --failed list without rebooting the machine?

Background: I have, amongst others, the following entry in the list:

● [email protected] loaded failed failed OpenVPN service for intranert

This happened because I misspelled intranet, which is the actual productive instance, on the unit template's activation some time ago. However, I now always get confused at first glance, when I check the server's failed units, since it looks like the productive service actually failed until I recognize the spelling mistake and remember my bygone typo.

score 83 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '18 at 08:52

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Use systemctl to remove the failed status. To reset all units with failed status:

systemctl reset-failed

or just your specific unit:

systemctl reset-failed [email protected]

answered Jan 22 '18 at 08:52

sebasth

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Thanks. That latter one saved my day. Note to myself: Read man pages more carefully. – Richard Neumann Jan 22 '18 at 08:59
And you can reset multiple services with a wildcard - eg `systemctl reset-failed systemd-coredump@*` – Yetti99 Apr 04 '23 at 15:16

Systemctl remove unit from failed list

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