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Sergio Peris
Sergio Peris

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Reload NGINX configuration using Docker

If you're using a NGINX Docker image, every time you make a change to the configuration you might want to apply the changes without taking your Docker container.

In order to do this, you should use the following command:

docker exec <container> nginx -s reload
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Specifying you container, either by name or id, you will reload the configuration without taking down your NGINX service.

If you are using Docker Compose, you can run the following command specifying the service name.

docker compose exec <service> nginx -s reload
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