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+<article name="Can I run nginx with daemon off or
+               master_process off settings
+               in a production environment?"
+         link="/en/docs/faq/daemon_master_process_off.html"
+         lang="en">
+
+<section>
+
+<para>
+<initial>Q:</initial>
+Can I run nginx with daemon off or master_process off settings
+in a production environment?
+</para>
+
+<para>
+&nbsp;
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<initial>A:</initial>
+First of all, both "daemon on|off" and "master_process on|off" directives were
+intended to be used for nginx code develpment.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+While many people use daemon off in production it wasn't really meant for
+that. Since version 1.0.9 it is now quite safe to run nginx in production
+with daemon off, though. Bear in mind that non-stop upgrade is not an
+option with daemon off.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+In a development environment, using master_process off, nginx can run in
+the foreground without the master process and can be terminated simply
+with ^C (SIGINT). This is somewhat similar to running Apache with
+an 'X' commandline option. However you should never run nginx in production
+with master_process off.
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
+</article>
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