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Update signals.rst
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tilgovi authored Jun 26, 2016
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lost. Preloaded applications will also be reloaded.

First, replace the old binary with a new one, then send the **USR2** signal to the
master process. It renames its .pid file to .oldbin (e.g.
/var/run/gunicorn.pid.oldbin), then executes a new binary,
master process. It executes a new binary whose .pid file is
postfixed with .2 (e.g. /var/run/gunicorn.pid.2),
which in turn starts a new master process and the new worker processes::


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- Send the QUIT signal to the new master process to force it quit

If for some reason the new worker processes do not quit, send the KILL signal to
them after the new master process quits, the old master process removes
.oldbin suffix from its .pid file, and everything is exactly as before
them after the new master process quits, and everything is exactly as before
the upgrade attempt.

If an update is successful and you want to keep the new server, send
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