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I just installed Nginx on Mac OS X (thanks http://www.kevinworthington.com/nginx-mac-os-snow-leopard-2-minutes/), but how do I restart Nginx on Mac OS X?

Thanks!

Laura Brown
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sudo nginx -s stop && sudo nginx
osdyng
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For a one-liner, you could just do:

sudo nginx -s reload

The -s options stands for signal, and is the option you'll use to send stop, quit, reopen and reload signals to nginx.

For more info on the options, just do nginx -h for a list of all of them and their functions.

Cheers!

James Pederson
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for brew installation: sudo brew services restart nginx

dimaninc
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sudo pkill nginx   
sudo nginx

If the pkill can't be found, then install it using brew install proctools first.

Kurt Zhong
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If you are using brew:

To see all services:

brew services list

Start nginx service:

brew services start nginx

Stop nginx Service:

brew services stop nginx
nima
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Just another note, if you want to start nginx with launchctl, when your Mac boots up, you can do as follows:

sudo cp /usr/local/opt/nginx/*.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist

In short, you need to put your plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons, not in ~/Library/LaunchAgents like the Homebrew instructions. Finally, use the -w option with launchctl. For further information, follow this guide.

Francisco Maria Calisto
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sudo nginx -s quit && sudo nginx

Checkout nginx guide

Reck
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Using MAMP and Nginx? Then you have an installed script:

sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/restartNginx.sh
PeddlePower
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If you installed nginx with brew and you started it as a service brew services start nginx then you can issue: brew services restart nginx

tlee75
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