WRE 8 still uses the wreservice.pl script for starting and stopping web processes. However, since we have new binaries, you have access to some new switches
Nginx replaces Apache/modproxy so you can use wreservice.pl —option nginx to control it. modproxy remains and is an alias for nginx for people with strong muscle memory. In addition to —start, —stop and —restart, there is also —reload, which forces nginx to reread its configuration files with less downtime than —restart. We may add —reopen as well, which makes nginx close and reopen its logfiles quickly without a full shutdown.
Starman replaces Apache/modperl and you use wreservice.pl —option starman to control it. Like with nginx/modproxy, modperl is an alias for starman. There are no fancy options for starman yet, but we may add support for start_server’s —restart switch, which is a little cleaner
web is an alias for “nginx starman”, so wreservice.pl —restart web still does the right thing.
—ping works with all web services.
wreservice.pl no longer has any controls for starting or stopping mysql. You’ll need to use the init scripts for mysql.