To restart the Nginx web server on a Linux system, you can use the systemctl command, which is the standard system and service manager used by most modern Linux distributions. Here are the steps to follow:
- Open a terminal window on your Linux machine.
- Type the following command to restart the Nginx service:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
This will stop and then start the Nginx service, causing the web server to restart.
- Verify that the Nginx service is running by typing the following command:
sudo systemctl status nginx
This will display the current status of the Nginx service, including whether it is running or stopped.
If you want to stop the Nginx service without restarting it, you can use the stop command instead of restart. Similarly, if you want to start the Nginx service without stopping it first, you can use the start command. For example:
sudo systemctl stop nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx
Note that you may need to run these commands with sudo or as the root user, depending on your system configuration.