To restart the nginx web server use any one of the following command as a root user. Open a terminal or login to the remote server using ssh.
Debian/Ubuntu/RHEL/CentOS Linux
Use the following command:
# /etc/init.d/nginx restart
OR
# /etc/init.d/nginx reload
OR
# service nginx restart
OR
# service nginx reload
However, recommend way is as follows. This should work with any Linux distributions or Unix like operating systems:
# nginx -s reload
OR
# /path/to/full/nginx -s reload
If nginx compiled and installed from source code
If nginx binary is installed at /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx, enter:
# /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -s reload
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The method used is largely determined by whether NGINX was installed via package manager or compiled from source, correct?
I guess so. If compiled from source use /path/to/nginx -s reload else use service nginx reload or service nginx restart