Update nginx on the fly with a change of prefix

[Sébastien Rebecchi]

Hi Sergey

Thank you for your answer.
When sending signal to the old master, doesn't it assume that the new
executable is located in the same location than the old one?

Sébastien.

Le sam. 3 mai 2025, 18:32, Sergey A. Osokin <osa at freebsd.org.ru> a écrit :

> Hi Sébastien,
> hope you're doing well.
>
> On Sat, May 03, 2025 at 06:14:19PM +0200, Sébastien Rebecchi via nginx
> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to update Nginx on the fly while new nginx was configured
> > with a different --prefix than was the old one?
>
> You may want following the "Upgrading Executable on the Fly" procedure,
> https://nginx.org/en/docs/control.html#upgrade.
>
> Please note:
> 1. the configuration files may need to be presented in both prefixed;
> 2. proper testing [in a lower environment] is required.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Sergey A. Osokin
>
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