How do I use the systemctl command to view status of a systemd service on Linux operating systems?

We use systemctl status  command under systemd  to view the status of the given service on Linux operating systems.

Viewing the Status of a Service

The syntax is as follows for the systemctl command

systemctl status {service-name}

systemctl status {unit-name}

How to view status of a service called nginx

Type:

$ systemctl status nginx.service

## ssh server status ##

$ systemctl status sshd.service

## Lighttpd web server status ##

$ systemctl status lighttpd.service

● lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-08-04 04:29:19 UTC; 3 weeks 2 days ago
   Main PID: 105 (lighttpd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 115783)
     Memory: 56.5M
     CGroup: /system.slice/lighttpd.service
             └─105 /usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Aug 04 04:29:19 utls-bash-wiki systemd[1]: Starting Lighttpd Daemon...
Aug 04 04:29:19 utls-bash-wiki systemd[1]: Started Lighttpd Daemon.

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