Displaying the appliance state

You can use the web console or CLI to display the appliance general state. Use one of the following approaches:

Procedure

Use the web console. See the status icon on the top right corner of the application. When you hover over it the descriptive status is displayed, for example: READY (The system is ready for handling queries).
Use the ap state command. ap command with no additional parameters results in the same output. For more information, see ap command.
```
ap state
System state is 'Active'
```
Since the system state is defined by the state of platform manager and of the application, you can also run ap state -d to view the status of:
- the appliance system in general
- the appliance application
- platform manager
```
ap state -d
System state is 'Starting'
Application state is 'Containers_Started'
Platform management state is 'Active'
```