Restart a Service on Linux
Restarts it and prints active if it came back. For Nginx, test first with nginx -t. Fill in the details below to get the exact command.
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Restart a Service
sudo systemctl restart nginx && systemctl is-active nginx
Restarts it and prints active if it came back. For Nginx, test first with nginx -t.
Linux Command Generator
The command
Commandsudo systemctl restart nginx && systemctl is-active nginx
CategoryServices
Works OnUbuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux
Restarts it and prints active if it came back. For Nginx, test first with nginx -t.
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How do I restart a service on Linux?
Run: sudo systemctl restart nginx && systemctl is-active nginx
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