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Feature #867

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Config file runtime reloading

Added by icy over 18 years ago. Updated about 1 year ago.

Status:
Fixed
Priority:
Normal
Category:
core
Target version:
-
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Description

It would be very usefull to be able to reload the config file at runtime (maybe per signal?) without restarting lighttpd.
The graceful restart is no perfect solution.

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 #1

Updated by mike503 almost 18 years ago

agreed.

or have some conf.d style thing that is monitored/checked every so often.

having to reload the entire server for a one line rewrite rule added seems obnoxious... i was just thinking of filing a RFE for this myself!

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 #2

Updated by ts77 over 17 years ago

Would be very interested in a solution to this too.
(Like many others, just see that thread http://forum.lighttpd.net/topic/1195 )

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 #3

Updated by stbuehler over 16 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Fixed
  • Resolution set to wontfix

That wouldn't solve the problem, so just use the graceful restart. If you care about your fastcgi processes: it would be really hard work to keep them (and probably very buggy); just spawn them with "spawn-fcgi".

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 #4

Updated by stbuehler over 16 years ago

  • Status changed from Fixed to Wontfix
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Updated by gstrauss about 1 year ago

  • Description updated (diff)
  • Status changed from Wontfix to Fixed
  • ASK QUESTIONS IN Forums set to No

Since lighttpd 1.4.56, for a subset of configurations where it is safe to do so, lighttpd can be configured to perform an immediate restart while still serving existing connections.

server.feature-flags

server.feature-flags += ("server.graceful-restart-bg" => "enable")
immediate graceful restart while existing requests complete in background process (default: disable)
Note: feature works with many lighttpd.conf configurations, but not available in all configurations
(e.g. available with independent backends; not available if lighttpd runs backend processes with "bin-path"

Note that continuing to serve existing connections has a configurable timeout before those existing connections are shut down.
The default is 8 seconds (since lighttpd 1.4.64)
server.feature-flags += ("server.graceful-shutdown-timeout" => 8)

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