# Restart mongrel

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restart-mongrel/145225>\
**Category:** Mongrel\
**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restart-mongrel/145225 "2008-08-06T23:33:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![azazel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@azazel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/azazel)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restart-mongrel/145225/1 "2008-08-06T23:33:46Z")

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can i, restart my mongrel server, from a rails application… i need to  
do it because i have to modify my database.yml and ldap.yml from my  
settings\_controller

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**Author:** ![azazel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@azazel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/azazel)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restart-mongrel/145225/2 "2008-08-07T22:31:36Z")

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Simply have your other rails application send the mongrel server a  
SIGQUIT. This should work fine.

~Wayne