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.Nd "HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server"
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.Op Fl g Ar directives
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is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server.
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It is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple
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configuration, and low resource consumption.
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar directives"
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Use an alternative configuration
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.It Fl g Ar directives
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Set global configuration directives.
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Suppress non-error messages during configuration testing.
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Send a signal to the master process.
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.Cm stop , quit , reopen , reload .
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The following table shows the corresponding system signals:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm reopen" -compact
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Do not run, just test the configuration file.
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checks the configuration file syntax and then tries to open files
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referenced in the configuration file.
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version, compiler version, and
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The master process of
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can handle the following signals:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
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.It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM
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Reload configuration, start the new worker process with a new
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configuration, and gracefully shut down old worker processes.
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Shut down gracefully.
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executable on the fly.
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Shut down worker processes gracefully.
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While there is no need to explicitly control worker processes normally,
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they support some signals too:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
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Shut down gracefully.
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To enable a debugging log, reconfigure
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to build with debugging:
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.Dl "./configure --with-debug ..."
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.Dl "error_log /path/to/log debug;"
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It is also possible to enable the debugging for a particular IP address:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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debug_connection 127.0.0.1;
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environment variable is used internally by
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and should not be set directly by the user.
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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Contains the process ID of
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The contents of this file are not sensitive, so it can be world-readable.
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The main configuration file.
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.It Pa %%ERROR_LOG_PATH%%
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Exit status is 0 on success, or 1 if the command fails.
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Test configuration file
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with global directives for PID and quantity of worker processes:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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nginx -t -c ~/mynginx.conf \e
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-g "pid /var/run/mynginx.pid; worker_processes 2;"
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.Pa http://nginx.org/en/docs/ .
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For questions and technical support, please refer to
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.Pa http://nginx.org/en/support.html .
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started in 2002, with the first public release on October 4, 2004.
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.An Igor Sysoev Aq igor@sysoev.ru .
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This manual page was originally written by
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.An Sergey A. Osokin Aq osa@FreeBSD.org.ru
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as a result of compiling many
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documents from all over the world.
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