# Stop dance for nginx # ======================= # # ExecStop sends SIGSTOP (graceful stop) to the nginx process. # If, after 5s (--retry QUIT/5) nginx is still running, systemd takes control # and sends SIGTERM (fast shutdown) to the main process. # After another 5s (TimeoutStopSec=5), and if nginx is alive, systemd sends # SIGKILL to all the remaining processes in the process group (KillMode=mixed). # # nginx signals reference doc: # http://nginx.org/en/docs/control.html # [Unit] Description=A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server After=network.target [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid ExecStartPre=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx -t -q -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' ExecStart=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' ExecReload=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' -s reload ExecStop=-/sbin/start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --retry QUIT/5 --pidfile /run/nginx.pid TimeoutStopSec=5 KillMode=mixed [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target