nginx Command Examples

Nginx web server. More information: https://nginx.org/en/.

• Start server with the default configuration file:

nginx

• Start server with a custom configuration file:

nginx -c {{configuration_file}}

• Start server with a prefix for all relative paths in the configuration file:

nginx -c {{configuration_file}} -p {{prefix/for/relative/paths}}

• Test the configuration without affecting the running server:

nginx -t

• Reload the configuration by sending a signal with no downtime:

nginx -s reload