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Asked: 2017-06-28 13:52:42 +0800 CST

First time updating a running NGINX web server

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So, NGINX 1.13.2 was released today, and I'd like to update my 1.13.1 installation. I can't simply use something like $ apt-get install nginx because I'm using a few static modules in my build. Due to that, I have a few questions:

  1. Should I overwrite the existing files completely? I originally extracted NGINX itself to /opt/nginx so should I just $ tar -xvzf nginx-1.13.2 -C /opt/nginx?
  2. I'm guessing I'll need to run ./configure again with the same values as before. When I run make should I use $ make upgrade rather than $ make install?
  3. Is there anything else I should be aware of? I know about using the USR2 and WINCH signals to gracefully shutdown the old master process and start the new one, but I'm assuming that's after steps 1 and 2. Anything more I should know?

Thanks!

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    You should uncompress the new nginx tarball to a new directory, then reconfigure with your configure string with the same values as before. I usually run first make, then make install

    This will overwrite the nginx files from your last version. You have to stop it for a second, usually it's best to do something like

    systemctl stop nginx && make install && systemctl start nginx
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