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 <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Can HA Proxy make graceful configuration changes? Or does the entire proxy
>> need to be restarted leaving space for downtime?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kevin
>>
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