ssm-services/init.d/nginx

#!/usr/bin/env watchman

service_respawn='true'
service_command='/usr/bin/nginx'
service_pidfile='/run/nginx.pid'

nginx.test_config() { "$service_command" -tq; }

reload() {
    nginx.test_config || {
        watchman.err "Nginx config test failed, not reloading."
        return 1
    }

    watchman.reload
}

restart() {
    nginx.test_config || {
        watchman.err "Nginx config test failed, not restarting."
        return 1
    }

    stop; start
}