Start and stop of Nginx service

In the process of using Nginx, we may always need to modify the nginx configuration file, and then start or stop the nginx service continuously.

Here is a brief talk about the relevant command line of nginx.

Find the installation path of nginx

whereis nginx

This article /usr/local/nginx/sbin/ is the installation path of my local nginx

1. Start the nginx service

Execute the following command in the directory where nginx is located:

The following three start methods are available

1. Start one

cd /usr/local/nginx/sbin/
./nginx

2. Start Two

/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx

3. Start Three

/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -c /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

2. View the running status of nginx

ps -ef | grep nginx

Display the current running status of nginx as follows:

nginx running status

3. Restart the nginx service

Both of the following restart methods are fine

1. Restart service one

cd /usr/local/nginx/sbin
./nginx -s reload

2. Restart service two

/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -s reload /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

4. Stop nginx service

First enter the directory where nginx is located. Under Linux, you can use whereis nginx to find the nginx installation directory, then cd to the directory where nginx is located and run the following command:

cd /usr/local/nginx/sbin/
./nginx -s stop

 or

1. Check the nginx process number

nginx running status

2. Use the kill command 

kill -9 1276 1278