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Ankit Verma
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How to Start, Stop, and Restart Nginx

#laravel #valet #php #webdev

🔹 Nginx (System Service)

Start

sudo systemctl start nginx
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Start Nginx service.

Stop

sudo systemctl stop nginx
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Stop Nginx.

Restart

sudo systemctl restart nginx
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Restart Nginx (stop + start).

Reload (no downtime)

sudo systemctl reload nginx
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Reload config safely.

Check status

sudo systemctl status nginx
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See if Nginx is running.

Test config

sudo nginx -t
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Check config before reload/restart.

🔹 Laravel Valet (Nginx managed by Valet)

Start Valet

valet start
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Starts Nginx, PHP, DnsMasq.

Stop Valet

valet stop
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Stops all Valet services.

Restart Valet

valet restart
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Restart everything.

Restart only Nginx

valet restart nginx
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Reload config

valet reload
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Reload without full restart.

Check status

valet status
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Diagnose issues

valet diagnose
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