Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Core module directives

The following is the list of directives made available by the core module. Most of these directives must be placed at the root of the configuration file and can only be used once. However, some of them are valid in multiple contexts.

If that is the case, the following is the list of valid contexts under the directive name:

Name and context	Syntax and description
daemon	Accepted values: on or off. Syntax: daemon on;. Default value: on. Enables or disables daemon mode. If you disable it, the program will not be started in the background; it will stay in the foreground when launched from the shell. This may come in handy for debugging, in situations where you need to know what causes Nginx to crash, and ...