nginx(1)                                                                                 nginx(1)



NAME
       nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

SYNOPSIS
       nginx [options] <configuration file>

DESCRIPTION
       Nginx  ("engine  X")  is  a  high-performance web and reverse proxy server created by Igor
       Sysoev. It can be used both as a standalone web server and as a proxy to reduce  the  load
       on back-end HTTP or mail servers.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below:

       -?,-h  Show this help.

       -v     Show version and exit.

       -V     Show version and configure options then exit.

       -s signal
              Send signal to a master process: stop, quit, reopen, reload.

       -p prefix
              Set prefix path.

       -g directives
              Set global directives out of configuration file.

       -c <configuration file>
              Specifies a particular configuration file for nginx to load.

       -t     Tests nginx configuration and exit.


       SEE ALSO
              Website: <http://nginx.org/>


       AUTHORS
              nginx was written by Igor Sysoev <igor AT sysoev.ru>.

       This manual page was written by Jose Parrella <joseparrella AT cantv.net> and
              Kartik  Mistry <kartik AT debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by oth‐
              ers).



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