Test configuration

Validate nginx.conf without reloading

nginx -t
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More nginx commands

  • Reload without downtime
    nginx -s reload

    Gracefully reload config — zero connection drop

  • Show compiled modules
    nginx -V 2>&1 | tr ' ' '\n' | grep module

    List all built-in and dynamic modules in the binary

  • Tail access log with fields
    tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.log | awk '{print $1, $7, $9, $10}'

    Stream IP, path, status code, and response size

  • Count requests by status code
    awk '{print $9}' /var/log/nginx/access.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn

    Frequency of each HTTP status code in access log

  • Top 10 requested URLs
    awk '{print $7}' /var/log/nginx/access.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10

    Most popular request paths from access log

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