How to start / stop Nginx?

On the successful installing Nginx, to start Nginx, run the executable file:

sudo nginx

it can be controlled by invoking the executable with the -s parameter. Use the following syntax:

nginx -s signal

Where signal may be one of the following:

1) stop — fast shutdown
2) quit — graceful shutdown
3) reload — reloading the configuration file
4) reopen — reopening the log files

Now for example, stopping the server:

nginx -s stop

To stop nginx processes with waiting for the worker processes to finish serving current requests, the following command can be executed. This command should be executed under the same user that started nginx.

nginx -s quit

Changes made in the configuration file will not be applied until the command to reload configuration is sent to nginx or it is restarted. To reload configuration, execute:

nginx -s reload

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