ubuntu-init-nginx

Description: This is my custom nginx init script for ubuntu server 14.04.1 based on JasonGiedymin's config.

Installation and usage

Note: This script is intended for use with my nginx configuration files, which can be found here.

Install essentials.

apt-get install libpcre3-dev zlib1g-dev -y

apt-get install build-essential -y

apt-get install python-software-properties -y

apt-get install software-properties-common -y

Make downloads folder to store files.

mkdir -p /usr/share/downloads

cd /usr/share/downloads

Download and extract nginx version 1.6.2.

wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.6.2.tar.gz

tar -xvf nginx-1.6.2.tar.gz

Download and extract nginx headers more module.

wget https://github.com/openresty/headers-more-nginx-module/archive/v0.25.tar.gz

tar -xvf v0.25.tar.gz

Download and extract ngx_cache_purge module.

wget https://github.com/FRiCKLE/ngx_cache_purge/archive/2.1.tar.gz

tar -xvf 2.1.tar.gz

Compile and install nginx.

cd nginx-1.6.2

./configure --prefix=/etc/nginx --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --user=nginx --group=nginx --add-module=/usr/share/downloads/headers-more-nginx-module-0.25 --add-module=/usr/share/downloads/ngx_cache_purge-2.1

make && make install

Set up nginx.conf file.

nano /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf 

Copy and replace everything in that file with my nginx.conf file found here.

Set up nginx user and group.

adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group nginx 

Download and set up nginx init script.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/greenzwiz/ubuntu-init-nginx/master/nginx -O /etc/init.d/nginx

chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx

/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults