def METHOD_NAME():
    """
    returns the current runlevel
    """
    out = __salt__["cmd.run"]("runlevel")
    # unknown can be returned while inside a container environment, since
    # this is due to a lack of init, it should be safe to assume runlevel
    # 2, which is Debian's default. If not, all service related states
    # will throw an out of range exception here which will cause
    # other functions to fail.
    if "unknown" in out:
        return "2"
    else:
        return out.split()[1]