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Using the nginx Command

`nginx` web server. More information: <https://nginx.org/docs/switches.html>.

  • Start the server with the default configuration file:

nginx

  • Start the server with a custom configuration file:

nginx -c *configuration_file*

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

nginx -c *configuration_file* -p *path/to/prefix*

  • Test the configuration without affecting the running server:

nginx -t

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

nginx -s reload


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