nginx

Server Blocks

Nginx on Debian - Digital Ocean

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_domain
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_domain /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
...
http {
    ...
    server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
    ...
}
...

Apache Benchmark

sudo apt install apache2-utils

Start Benchmark

ab -n 1000 -c 100 https://irondesign.dev/

-c count 100 requests per second

-n number 1000 requests total

See open file limits

ulimit -n
ulimit -a

Edit

events {
worker_connections 1024;
}

Restarting nginx

Gracefully reload nginx web server:

sudo systemctl reload nginx
service nginx reload
/etc/init.d/nginx reload
nginx -s reload

Fully restart nginx web server:

sudo systemctl restart nginx
service nginx restart
/etc/init.d/nginx restart

Status

sudo systemctl status nginx
service nginx status