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Nginx Simple Cheatsheet

#nginx #centos #amazonlinux

This is my own Nginx cheatsheet. Checked with CentOS6, 7 and Amazon Linux and Amazon Linux 2

All commands are under assumption that you are root, or use with sudo

Start 

nginx
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Stop

CentOS 6 & Amazon Linux

nginx -s stop
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CentOS 7 & Amazon Linux 2

systemctl stop nginx
service nginx stop
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Restart

entOS 6 & Amazon Linux

/etc/init.d/nginx restart
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CentOS 7 & Amazon Linux 2

systemctl restart nginx
service nginx restart
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Register startup

CentOS 7 & Amazon Linux 2

systemctl enable nginx
systemctl disable nginx
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Reload config

CentOS6 & Amazon Linux

nginx reload
service nginx reload
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CentOS7 & Amazon Linux 2

systemctl reload nginx
service nginx reload
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Check config 

nginx -t
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General location of config

Main

cd /etc/nginx/
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Virtual hosts

cd /etc/nginx/conf.d/
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