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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T00:37:45+00:00 2026-05-26T00:37:45+00:00

I issued a nginx -s stop and after that I got this error when

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I issued a nginx -s stop and after that I got this error when trying to reload it.

[error]: invalid PID number “” in “/var/run/nginx.pid”

That /var/run/nginx/pid file is empty atm.

What do I need to do to fix it?

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    2026-05-26T00:37:46+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 12:37 am

    nginx -s reload is only used to tell a running nginx process to reload its config. After a stop, you don’t have a running nginx process to send a signal to. Just run nginx (possibly with a -c /path/to/config/file)

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