On Mar 20, 2014, at 12:28 , B.R. wrote: > I am using the official Debian package (stable) and I noticed the service > file, in its do_stop() function, sends SIGTERM to the master process. > > However, the docs say SIGTERM (and SIGQUIT) sent to the master process > provokes a 'fast shutdown' whereas SIGQUIT would provoke a 'graceful > shutdown'. > > Why is not SIGQUIT being used? What is the difference between those > termination signals, speaking of nginx behavior?
Graceful shutdown means that nginx does not close active client connections. This may take hours. -- Igor Sysoev http://nginx.com
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