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lighttpd-angel(8)

lighttpd-angel8

Monitor/supervise lighttpd daemon

Usage

lighttpd-angel <args>

Overview

lighttpd-angel monitors/supervises lighttpd daemon (started with <args>). lighttpd-angel will restart lighttpd if lighttpd exits for any reason, other than by signals sent by lighttpd-angel.

Send lighttpd-angel SIGTERM to initiate immediate shutdown of lighttpd.

Send lighttpd-angel SIGINT to initiate graceful shutdown of lighttpd.

Send lighttpd-angel SIGHUP to initiate graceful restart of lighttpd.

Send lighttpd-angel SIGUSR1 to initiate graceful reload of lighttpd config.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)

Author

Jan Kneschke <[email protected]>

From lighttpd 1.4.85-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.