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+
+<!--  Simple file for showing the status of the RaSCSI process. Intended to be loaded as a frame in a larger page -->
+<!--  Copyright (c) 2020 akuker -->
+<!--  Distributed under the BSD-3 Clause License -->
+
+<!-- Note: the origina rascsi-php project was under MIT license.-->
+
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+
+        <style>h1{
+            color:white;
+            font-size:20px;
+            font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+            background-color: black;
+        }</style>
+        <style>h2{
+            color:black;
+            font-size:16px;
+            font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+            background-color: white;
+            margin: 0px;
+        }</style>
+        </style>
+        <style>body{
+            color:black;
+            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+            background-color: white;
+        }</style>
+        <STYLE>A {text-decoration: none;} </STYLE>
+        <style>table,tr,td {
+            border: 1px solid black;
+            border-collapse:collapse;
+            margin: none;
+            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+        }
+        </style>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+<?php 
+
+// Blatently copied from stack overflow:
+//     https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53695187/php-function-that-shows-status-of-systemctl-service
+    $output = shell_exec("systemctl is-active rascsi");
+    if (trim($output) == "active") {
+	    $color='green';
+	    $text='Running';
+    }
+    else{
+	    $color='red';
+	    $text='Stopped';
+    }
+
+
+    echo '<table width="100%" height=100% style="position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; background-color:'.$color.'">';
+    echo '<tr style:"height: 50%">';
+    echo '<td style="color: white; background-color: '.$color.'; text-align: center; vertical-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'.$text.'</td>';
+    echo '</tr>';
+    echo '<tr style:"height: 50%">';
+    echo '<td style="color: white; background-color: '.$color.'; text-align: center; vertical-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'.date("h:i:sa").'</td></tr>';
+    echo '</table>';
+?>
+   </body>
+</html>
