$ sudo systemctl status mssql-server ? mssql-server.service - Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mssql-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-06-06 16:55:41 CEST; 5min ago Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux Main PID: 3082 (sqlservr) CGroup: /system.slice/mssql-server.service ??3082 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr ??3103 /opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr