---
name: "nginx"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nginx-common"
version: "1.6.2-5+deb8u5"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nginx"
---

# nginx(1)

small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

## NAME

nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

## SYNOPSIS

**nginx** \[*options*\] \<*configuration file*\>

## DESCRIPTION

**Nginx** ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server created by Igor Sysoev. It can be used both as a standalone web server and as a proxy to reduce the load on back-end HTTP or mail servers.

## OPTIONS

- A summary of options is included below:

  - **-?**,**-h**

  Show this help.

- **-v**

  Show version and exit.

- **-V**

  Show version and configure options then exit.

- **-s** *signal*

  Send signal to a master process: stop, quit, reopen, reload.

- **-p** *prefix*

  Set prefix path.

- **-g** *directives*

  Set global directives out of configuration file.

- **-c** \<*configuration file*\>

  Specifies a particular configuration file for nginx to load.

- **-t**

  Tests nginx configuration and exit.

- Website: \<http://nginx.org/\>

  ## SEE ALSO

- **nginx** was written by Igor Sysoev \<igor@sysoev.ru\>.

  ## AUTHORS

- This manual page was written by Jose Parrella \<joseparrella@cantv.net\> and

  Kartik Mistry \<kartik@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).