# pihole-FTL is working, but webmin says the service is not running

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-ftl-is-working-but-webmin-says-the-service-is-not-running/8368>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** ftldns-beta\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-ftl-is-working-but-webmin-says-the-service-is-not-running/8368 "2018-03-28T19:16:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![DL6ER](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dl6er/32/281_2.png) [@DL6ER](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DL6ER)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-ftl-is-working-but-webmin-says-the-service-is-not-running/8368/18 "2018-04-14T09:32:51Z")

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Despite nice weather today (sunny, 22°C), I finished coding the `systemd` unit. More details can be found here:

> <https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/2112>
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> \*\*What does this PR aim to accomplish?:\*\*
> Replace the ancient \`init.d\` script for starting and controlling the \`pihole-FTL\` process by a modern \`systemd\` unit. This should resolve some problems as discussed \[here\](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/service-pihole-ftl-active-exited/8335) or \[here\](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-ftl-is-working-but-webmin-says-the-service-is-not-running/8368).
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> This now also makes the \`status\` command behave correctly, as \`systemd\` can use the PID file of FTL to find out if it is actually running or not:
> !\[screenshot at 2018-04-14 11-24-00\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16748619/38766751-db805ed6-3fd6-11e8-99ad-ca925f00d11e.png)
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> Also, since \*FTL\*DNS is a very important part of your system, the unit ensures that it will be automatically restarted whenever something unexpected happens. As an example, I sent \`SIGKILL\` to FTL and as you can see, \`systemd\` took care about immediately restarting the service:
> !\[screenshot at 2018-04-14 11-27-08\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16748619/38766768-1276bd40-3fd7-11e8-97ea-3411a6f0479b.png)
> Note that we do not restart \`pihole-FTL\` automatically after having received \`SIGTERM\` as this is the correct way of terminating the resolver (e.g. through \`service pihole-FTL stop\`).
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> \*\*How does this PR accomplish the above?:\*\*
> I wrote a systemd unit for \`pihole-FTL\` and modified the installer to replace the old init.d script.
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> \*\*What documentation changes (if any) are needed to support this PR?:\*\*
> All commands should work as before.

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