Nginx - disable autostart

Question

I went through some manuals and I didn't understand yet. How do I disable autostart nginx service?

SirCharlo · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-17T14:20:03.953

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Try this command:

sudo update-rc.d -f nginx disable

edited Aug 17 '12 at 14:20

answered Aug 17 '12 at 14:09

SirCharlo

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I tried `sudo update-rc.d -f nginx disable`. What is the difference between them? – Alex Malex Aug 17 '12 at 14:15
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The difference is that `disable` is better! :) You got me. It effectively 'makes `dpkg` aware of your preference to prevent the startup scripts from being executed (because `dpkg` runs update-rc.d too)'. Credit to @Lekensteyn for [the explanation](http://askubuntu.com/a/63511/40421). – SirCharlo Aug 17 '12 at 14:19
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I already run `disable` and then `remove`. How can I undo it? – Alex Malex Aug 17 '12 at 14:32
Umm.. You want to enable autostart now? – SirCharlo Aug 17 '12 at 14:34
I want to undo remove. And then call disable again if necessary. – Alex Malex Aug 17 '12 at 15:22
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`sudo update-rc.d nginx defaults; sudo update-rc.d -f nginx disable` – SirCharlo Aug 17 '12 at 15:26
Apparently does not works on Ubunu 20.10. – Fernando Kosh Mar 12 '21 at 18:22

S.M.Mousavi · Answer 2 · 2020-09-15T05:19:13.143

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Update:
I made changes to supports more distributions:

use this:

sudo systemctl disable nginx

It will disable it and if you like to stop running service use this:

sudo systemctl stop nginx

works on Ubuntu and any Systemd based distributions

edited Sep 15 '20 at 05:19

answered Oct 09 '17 at 06:22

S.M.Mousavi

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it works on ububut 18.04 as well – Amrit Shrestha Oct 01 '19 at 05:10
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If you're going to use systemd style, use it for everything, don't have some weird mashup of using the `service` shim for some commands. That second one should just be `sudo systemctl stop nginx`. – Félix Saparelli Sep 12 '20 at 12:26
Also works on ububut 20.10 as well – Fernando Kosh Mar 12 '21 at 18:22
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This approach is better. – EGurelli Oct 13 '21 at 03:46

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