From f1204772313dcb57d43238997451b04f3daf4d4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@victoriametrics.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:29:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs/vmauth.md: add `Config reload` chapter, which explains
 how to reload -auth.config at vmauth

Updates https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1194
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 docs/vmauth.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/vmauth.md b/docs/vmauth.md
index d7abb818b..d8f3beba9 100644
--- a/docs/vmauth.md
+++ b/docs/vmauth.md
@@ -457,6 +457,17 @@ unauthorized_user:
   - "Server:"
 ```
 
+## Config reload
+
+`vmauth` supports dynamic reload of [`-auth.config`](#auth-config) via the following ways:
+
+- By sending `SIGHUP` signal to `vmauth` process:
+  ```
+  kill -HUP `pidof vmauth`
+  ```
+- By querying `/-/reload` endpoint. It is recommended protecting it with `-reloadAuthKey`. See [security docs](#security) for details.
+- By passing the interval for config check to `-configCheckInterval` command-line flag.
+
 ## Concurrency limiting
 
 `vmauth` limits the number of concurrent requests it can proxy according to the following command-line flags: