NOTE: current nginx config validation process breaks SELinux context
for pid file, as described in #41
Restart of nginx is not needed for configuration changes and is
replaced with reload, which will validate config before applying it,
leaving running nginx process untouched in case of any validation
errors.
Restart handler left in support.
Although the 'validate' param was added for the deployment of
/etc/nginx.conf - this validation process will only be triggered upon
changes.
So, if a vhost config is updated, but the main config isn't, the
collective config will not be verified.
I've added a new handler 'validate nginx configuration' and added this
to the 'notify' param as a first list item for vhost config changes.
Unfortunately, this will not protect against the deployment of malformed
configuration, however it will prevent the restart of Nginx in such a
situation (as the 'validate nginx configuration' handler should error
out before the 'restart nginx' handler is called).
Aleksandr Vinokurov
cmacrae
Jeff Geerling