How to control NGINX from a Java Web App?

Question

To reload NGINX in terminal

Enter sudo then

nginx -t 
nginx -s reload

Are the commands to test and reload NGINX, however, how can this be done from a Java web application, which I need my web application to be able to control NGINX at least to test and reload.

@Chris Usage of Runtime.exec() is now discouraged: user shall use ProcessBuilder instead — Vishal Patel, Jun 13 '19 at 17:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '19 at 17:22

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You need to run the command using ProcessBuilder like below.

ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
// Run a shell command
processBuilder.command("bash", "-c", "nginx -t");
Process process = processBuilder.start();

answered Jun 13 '19 at 17:22

Vishal Patel

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this can only run with sudo – quarks Jun 13 '19 at 18:09
may be this thread could help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18708087/how-to-execute-bash-command-with-sudo-privileges-in-java – Vishal Patel Jun 13 '19 at 18:24

How to control NGINX from a Java Web App?

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