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Asked: 2010-02-02 02:50:09 +0800 CST

How to make a modification take affect without restarting nginx?

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Apache has a graceful option which can scan for modification in http.conf without restarting Apache. What about nginx?

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  1. Use nginx -s reload

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  2. Best Answer

    nginx supports the following signals : 

    TERM, INT - Quick shutdown
QUIT - Graceful shutdown
HUP - Configuration reload: Start the new worker processes with a new configuration, Gracefully shutdown the old worker processes
USR1 - Reopen the log files
USR2 - Upgrade Executable on the fly
WINCH - Gracefully shutdown the worker processes

    HUP is what you are looking for, so sudo kill -HUP pid (nginx pid)

    source : http://nginx.org/en/docs/control.html

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  3. Usually nginx's init-script has reload action, i.e:

    • Linux /etc/init.d/nginx reload
    • FreeBSD /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nginx reload
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  4. service nginx reload ?

    P.S. Doesn't work on Windows.

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  5. I wrote about how to restart nginx with zero downtime a while ago. This may be helpful for you.

    http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/101514948/restart-nginx-with-zero-downtime

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