When should I use this nginx.service?
Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.
NGINX /etc/systemd/nginx.service
Original
📋 Debian 13 (Trixie)
31 lines
Works On
Viewing:
Debian 13 (Trixie)
Same on:
Other versions:
Details
- Size
- 31 lines
- MD5
- 6eb0566e65ed8a451e252ede4e199d26
- SHA256
- 6c759c229d4dacf65c1f98c1733646f8b979d3e75e13a98bfbcfe26f8a2f793c
Copy & Paste
curl:
curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/6eb0566e65ed8a451e252ede4e199d26?hint=nginx.service
wget:
wget -O nginx.service https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/6eb0566e65ed8a451e252ede4e199d26?hint=nginx.service
For AI Agents
You are a DevOps agent. Fetch the default NGINX config for Debian 13 (Trixie) from https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/6eb0566e65ed8a451e252ede4e199d26?hint=nginx.service. Compare with my current /etc/systemd/nginx.service and summarize differences and safe changes.
Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or other AI assistants.
/etc/systemd/nginx.service
# Stop dance for nginx # ======================= # # ExecStop sends SIGQUIT (graceful stop) to the nginx process. # If, after 5s (--retry QUIT/5) nginx is still running, systemd takes control # and sends SIGTERM (fast shutdown) to the main process. # After another 5s (TimeoutStopSec=5), and if nginx is alive, systemd sends # SIGKILL to all the remaining processes in the process group (KillMode=mixed). # # nginx signals reference doc: # http://nginx.org/en/docs/control.html # [Unit] Description=A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server Documentation=man:nginx(8) After=network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target Wants=network-online.target ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/sbin/nginx [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' -s reload ExecStop=-/sbin/start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --retry QUIT/5 --pidfile /run/nginx.pid TimeoutStopSec=5 KillMode=mixed [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Install NGINX
Alpine Linux
sudo apk add nginx
Debian
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sudo yum install nginx
Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx
File Location
FAQ
How do I restore NGINX defaults?
Download, replace, restart.
Is nginx.service safe for production?
Yes. This is exactly what shipped. Safe starting point.
How does this differ from other OS versions?
Defaults change. This one is specific to Debian 13 (Trixie).
Can I use this for NGINX troubleshooting?
Absolutely. Diff this against yours to spot the problem.
