How can i make the python program to check linux services

Question

I want to make simple python script , which i can run on cron job. i just want to see if these services are currently running or stopped

Httpd
mysql

How should i check them with python.

Do i need to parse the output of netstat -tlnp

Answer 1

   import subprocess
    
    
    service = "apache2"
    
    p =  subprocess.Popen(["systemctl", "is-active",  service], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    (output, err) = p.communicate()
    output = output.decode('utf-8')
    
    print(output)

The Python program will check if the service is running. If it running, the output will be "active" otherwise the output will be "inactive".

Hope it helps!!