nginx reload, stop error

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:32:38PM +0100, Matthew Ngaha wrote:

> Hey, when I run   './nginx -s reload'   or   './nginx -s stop'  i get this:
> 
> nginx: [error] open() "/usr/local/nginx-1.4.3/logs/nginx.pid" failed
> (2: No such file or directory)
> 
> Any ideas why it's trying to open this file that doesn't exist?

There are multiple possible reasons - e.g., this can happen 
because you've changed the configuration file, or if you are 
trying to stop wrong nginx.

In general, it's good idea to use "kill" to control nginx on 
unix-like systems (not the "nginx -s" which is mostly for Windows 
and requires a configuration file to work).  Use of "kill" allows 
to explicitly specify PID of the master process (and/or to get one 
from a pid file of your choice).

See here for details on how to control nginx using signals:

http://nginx.org/en/docs/control.html

-- 
Maxim Dounin
http://nginx.org/