nginx on Windows

http://nginx.org/en/docs/windows.html

1. To start nginx, go to the nginx installation directory and type the command

nginx

2. Command to see all the nginx processes that are running

tasklist /fi "imagename eq nginx.exe"

3. nginx runs as a command application, some more useful commands

nginx -s stop
fast shutdown
nginx -s quit
graceful shutdown
nginx -s reload
changing configuration, starting new worker processes with a new configuration, graceful shutdown of old worker processes
nginx -s reopen
re-opening log files

4. logs

Pull /logs/error.log for log information