How to verify if nginx is running or not?

After [running an ASP.NET vNext project](http://xameeramir.github.io/asp-net-5-ubuntu-linux/) on my local machine I was trying to figure out how I can run it on [nginx](https://www.nginx.com/) as it looks to be a [recommended choice](https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/fundamentals/servers.html#choosing-a-server) Following [jsinh's](https://stackoverflow.com/users/376196/jsinh) [blog](http://blog.jsinh.in/hosting-asp-net-5-web-application-on-linux/), I installed it using: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nginx -y I was trying to understand whether it is working or not by using: ifconfig eth0 | grep inet | awk '{ print $2}' After running sudo service nginx start sudo service nginx stop However, the output is always the same: [![Nginx status][1]][1] >How to verify if nginx is running or not? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/VXHlX.png