haproxy -f /etc/haproxy.cfg -sf $(cat $PIDFILE) would do it >haproxy -h HA-Proxy version 1.4.18 2011/09/16 Copyright 2000-2011 Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu>
Usage : haproxy [-f <cfgfile>]* [ -vdVD ] [ -n <maxconn> ] [ -N <maxpconn> ] [ -p <pidfile> ] [ -m <max megs> ] -v displays version ; -vv shows known build options. -d enters debug mode ; -db only disables background mode. -V enters verbose mode (disables quiet mode) -D goes daemon -q quiet mode : don't display messages -c check mode : only check config files and exit -n sets the maximum total # of connections (40000) -m limits the usable amount of memory (in MB) -N sets the default, per-proxy maximum # of connections (40000) -p writes pids of all children to this file -de disables epoll() usage even when available -ds disables speculative epoll() usage even when available -dp disables poll() usage even when available -dS disables splice usage (broken on old kernels) -sf/-st [pid ]* finishes/terminates old pids. Must be last arguments. Also see http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.2/doc/haproxy-en.txt Vivek On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:00 PM, John Singleton <jsing...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > I believe you can just send it a -HUP signal. eg: kill -HUP <pid> > > Best, > JLS > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Kevin Lindsay <ke...@trakker.ca> wrote: > >> Can HA Proxy make graceful configuration changes? Or does the entire proxy >> need to be restarted leaving space for downtime? >> >> Thanks, >> Kevin >> >> >> >> >> >