SHELL

stop nginx

sudo systemctl stop nginx

stop nginx

sudo service nginx restart

stop nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx

stop nginx

# stops nginx
sudo systemctl stop nginx

# starts nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx

nginx stop on windows

nginx -s stop	#fast shutdown
nginx -s quit	#graceful shutdown
nginx -s reload	#changing configuration, starting new worker processes with a new configuration, graceful shutdown of old worker processes
nginx -s reopen	#re-opening log files

windows nginx stop

nginx.exe -s quit

stop nginx server

nginx -s stop