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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/web.scm | 6 |
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diff --git a/gnu/services/web.scm b/gnu/services/web.scm index 7fde8824b3..2023119037 100644 --- a/gnu/services/web.scm +++ b/gnu/services/web.scm @@ -819,7 +819,11 @@ of index files." (list (shepherd-action (name 'reload) - (documentation "Reload NGINX configuration file and restart worker processes.") + (documentation "Reload nginx configuration file and restart worker processes. +This has the effect of killing old worker processes and starting new ones, using +the same configuration file. It is useful for situations where the same nginx +configuration file can point to different things after a reload, such as +renewed TLS certificates, or @code{include}d files.") (procedure (nginx-action "-s" "reload")))))))))) (define nginx-service-type |