This is a tutorial on how to manage your Nginx web server under CentOS 7.x, Debian 8.x (Jessie), and FreeBSD 10.x. Commands to start, stop, and restart Nginx web server for these operating systems are shown below and are separated by the different operating systems.
CentOS (version 7.x)
To start Nginx under CentOS:
systemctl start nginx.service
To stop Nginx under CentOS:
systemctl stop nginx.service
To restart Nginx under CentOS:
systemctl restart nginx.service
Debian (version 8.x aka Jessie)
To start Nginx under Debian:
service nginx start
To stop Nginx under Debian:
service nginx stop
To restart Nginx under Debian:
service nginx restart
FreeBSD (version 10.x)
The commands to start, stop, and restart Nginx under FreeBSD are the same like under Debian.
To start Nginx:
service nginx start
To stop Nginx:
service nginx stop
To restart Nginx:
service nginx restart