nginx reload vs restart code example

Example 1: restart nginx

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Example 2: reload nginx

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Example 3: nginx reload on windows

nginx -s stop	#fast shutdown
nginx -s quit	#graceful shutdown
nginx -s reload	#changing configuration, starting new worker processes with a new configuration, graceful shutdown of old worker processes
nginx -s reopen	#re-opening log files