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Update info about how to check whether Docker is running

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## Ubuntu
As of `14.04`, Ubuntu uses Upstart as a process manager. By default, Upstart
jobs are located in `/etc/init` and the `docker` Upstart job can be found at
`/etc/init/docker.conf`.
Ubuntu 16.04 and newer use `systemd` as the init system. Ubuntu 14.04 uses `upstart`.
Use the appropriate command below to check whether Docker is running:
After successfully [installing Docker for
Ubuntu](../installation/linux/ubuntulinux.md), you can check the running status
using Upstart in this way:
| Init system | Command |
|--------------|-----------------------------|
| `systemd` | `sudo systemctl is-active ` |
| `upstart` | `sudo status docker` |
You can also use Docker itself to check whether Docker is running:
```bash
$ sudo status docker
docker start/running, process 989
$ docker info
```
### Running Docker
You can start/stop/restart the `docker` daemon using
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May 06 00:22:06 localhost.localdomain docker[2495]: time="2015-05-06T00:22:06Z" level="info" msg="-job acceptconnections() = OK (0)"
```
> Note: Using and configuring journal is an advanced topic and is beyond the scope of this article.
> Note: Using and configuring journal is an advanced topic and is beyond the scope of this article.