Nginx is running or not look like an very simple task but sometimes the check command won’t work as it should. In this case, we need some more ways to check. Let me show some all of ways I know about check Nginx running, simply try one by one.

Official command to check Nginx running or not

After this command you will see something like this.

In this case, the same information will be shown if you use this command

use “Lsof” to check Nginx running

Check port 80 to make sure Nginx is listing port 80. If lsof is not available let’s install it

On CentOS:

On Ubuntu

Then using this command to check nginx

If everything work well, you will see the output like this

Check Nginx running with nmap

Another way to check port 80 to make sure Nginx is running. Let’s run this command

If nginx is running, you will see this output

If nmap is not available let’s install it

On CentOS:

On Ubuntu

Check Nginx running with scripting

Another best way for you to check nginx running with script, simple use this line

If nginx is running you will see the output is “nginx is running”.

Goodluck for your job.

References:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35220654/how-to-verify-if-nginx-is-running-or-not

https://medium.com/@madhan5000/first-off-check-if-nginx-is-running-e29759bdb2c