(pronounced is an HTTP and reverse proxy  server,  a  mail  proxy
     server,  and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server.  It is known for its
     high   performance,   stability,   rich   feature   set,   simple
     configuration,  and low resource consumption.  The options are as
     follows: Print help.  Use an alternative configuration Set global
     configuration directives.  See for details.  Set the prefix path.
     The  default  value  is  Suppress   non-error   messages   during
     configuration testing.  Send a signal to the master process.  The
     argument  can  be  one  of:  The  following   table   shows   the
     corresponding  system  signals:  Same  as  but  additionally dump
     configuration files to standard output.  Do not  run,  just  test
     the configuration file.  checks the configuration file syntax and
     then tries to open files referenced in  the  configuration  file.
     Print  the  version,  compiler  version,  and  script parameters.
     Print  the  version.   The  master  process  of  can  handle  the
     following  signals:  Shut  down  quickly.   Reload configuration,
     start the new  worker  process  with  a  new  configuration,  and
     gracefully shut down old worker processes.  Shut down gracefully.
     Reopen log files.  Upgrade the executable on the fly.  Shut  down
     worker   processes   gracefully.   While  there  is  no  need  to
     explicitly control worker processes normally, they  support  some
     signals  too:  Shut  down quickly.  Shut down gracefully.  Reopen
     log files.  To enable a debugging log, reconfigure to build  with
     debugging:  and  then set the level of the It is also possible to
     enable the debugging  for  a  particular  IP  address:  events  {
             debug_connection 127.0.0.1; } The environment variable is
     used internally by and should not be set directly  by  the  user.
     Contains  the  process  ID  of  The contents of this file are not
     sensitive, so it can be world-readable.  The  main  configuration
     file.   Error log file.  Exit status is 0 on success, or 1 if the
     command fails.  Test configuration file  with  global  directives
     for   PID   and   quantity  of  worker  processes:  nginx  -t  -c
     ~/mynginx.conf   \            -g    "pid    /var/run/mynginx.pid;
     worker_processes 2;" Documentation at For questions and technical
     support, please refer to Development of started in 2002, with the
     first  public  release  on October 4, 2004.  This manual page was
     originally written by as a result  of  compiling  many  documents
     from all over the world.