List the current configuration of nginx server

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Yesterday I did something quite stupid. I edited a configuration file of my nginx server, throwing away some settings and just after I saved the file I realized I was editing the wrong file. Now I didn't reload the server, so it is still running with the old configuration.

I would like to know if it's possible to show the current configuration the server is running.

See: http://serverfault.com/questions/361421/dump-nginx-config-from-running-process — Oneiroi, Apr 26 '13 at 08:00

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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Use the method linked in Dump nginx config from running process? and you might recover some of it.

After you've done that, take a look at etckeeper (original) (howto) to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.

It's a fairly straightforward way of keeping /etc stored under version control with Git.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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answered Apr 26 '13 at 08:17

Tom O'Connor

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Thanks, this is one of those situations where *anything* helps. The above answer allowed me to retrieve some of the settings I had in the virtualhost. – Wouter Roosendaal Apr 26 '13 at 10:05

List the current configuration of nginx server

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