To restart the nginx web server use any one of the following command as a root user. Open a terminal or login to the remote server using ssh.

Debian/Ubuntu/RHEL/CentOS Linux

Use the following command:

# /etc/init.d/nginx restart

OR# /etc/init.d/nginx reload

OR# service nginx restart

OR# service nginx reload

OR if you are using systemd based Linux distro:

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

OR$ sudo systemctl reload nginx

To view status:

# service nginx status

OR$ sudo systemctl status nginx