Tried and true Nginx init script.
Ubuntu, Vagrant, and Docker tested!
Author: Jason Giedymin <jasong -at- apache -=dot=- org>
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Rest assured that this repo will be maintained indefinitely beyond Ubuntu LTS and systemd adoption into Ubuntu stable.
- Ubuntu 12.xx & 13.xx
- nginx-1.5.9 - should also work with 1.6.xx series, just haven't tested it yet.
It is recommended to install Nginx by doing a full compile & build. Not all package repositories keep their branches updated. For security it is your duty to maintain a good working environment and thus includes all interfacing applications. This script works turn-key with the default compile of nginx. It is fully recommended that you go through the variables contained within this script if you have a custom compiled build.
A great resource is the Nginx Wiki.
Basic install instructions, use sudo if necessary for the below (depends on your setup/security).
# [optional as you may have these installed]
sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev zlib1g-dev
mkdir -p ~/temp/nginx-install
cd ~/temp/nginx-install
# download/curl/wget nginx
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.5.9.tar.gz
tar -xvf nginx-1.5.9.tar.gz
cd nginx-1.5.9/
./configure
make
sudo make install
#copy/download/curl/wget the init script
sudo wget https://raw.github.com/JasonGiedymin/nginx-init-ubuntu/master/nginx -O /etc/init.d/nginx
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
service nginx status # to poll for current status
service nginx stop # to stop any servers if any
service nginx start # to start the server
#[optional]
sudo update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
#[optional remove the upstart script]
sudo update-rc.d -f nginx remove
If you need to override the values within the script you should use /etc/default/nginx.
You can override any of these values:
- PATH
- NGINXPATH
- DAEMON
- PS
- PIDNAME
- PIDFILE
- PIDSPATH
- DESCRIPTION
- RUNAS
- lockfile
- NGINX_CONF_FILE
For instance, if you needed to change the description of the server during logging:
# Edit [/etc/default/nginx] and add the below line
DESCRIPTION="My Awesome Nginx Server..."
# Next run the below command:
sudo service nginx restart
# Output of running restart with nginx defaults file:
* Stopping My Super Nginx Server... [ OK ]
* Starting My Super Nginx Server... [ OK ]
# Notice that is says "My Super Nginx Server..." as opposed to the default
# "Nginx Server...".
The NGINXPATH value should point to your installation of Nginx, the default is /usr/local/nginx
It's likely you'll need to update the NGINXPATH value if you didn't install from source. Eg, if you install Nginx using apt-get on Ubuntu nginx will be installed to /etc/nginx
# Changing NGINXPATH when Nginx was installed with apt-get
NGINXPATH=/etc/nginx
Tests run as part of the deployment scripts integration-tests.yml.
To start make sure you have vagrant, and ansible installed.
Download the Ubuntu base box:
vagrant box add
# http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/saucy/current/saucy-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box
Run vagrant:
vagrant up
Manually provision again:
vagrant provision
A basic Dockerfile will arrive shortly for testing, but note that I focued my efforts on creating an nginx ansible role. This repo has a Dockerfile which will install Nginx along with nginx-init-ubuntu (this repo) using ansible. Until the basic testing Dockerfile is in place here please refer to the ansible role and it's Dockerfile -- if your looking for stability.
If your looking for a more production and developer friendly Dockerfile, look here.
When using the ansible role mentioned above you will need to set nginx_docker_override to True as the role will detect if running within a Dockerfile. This is to prevent nginx running in daemon mode.
A copy of nginx-init-ubuntu is present in the ansible role role.
Contributions are welcome!