philiparthurmoore · October 26, 2015 03:11 · Sep 21, 2014 · Sep 21, 2014 · Sep 2, 2014 · Aug 30, 2014
diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Possibly easier but untested method to install nginx:
+# Automatically instal the latest nginx
 wget -O - http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | sudo apt-key add -
 
 #Make a backup copy of your current sources.list file

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 # Possibly easier but untested method to install nginx:
 wget -O - http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | sudo apt-key add -
 
-#Now open ` /etc/apt/sources.list ` and add following repositories at the end
+#Make a backup copy of your current sources.list file
+sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
 
-deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
-deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
+#Now copy the following repositories to the end of ` /etc/apt/sources.list`
+echo "deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ trusty nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+echo "deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ trusty nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 
+#If you want to use the 'stable' branch take:
+#echo "deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+#echo "deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 
-## Tested method to install the latest version of nginx ##
-## If you follow the instructions below ignore above    ##
+#update to get the new repository
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install nginx
+
+## Longer way ##
+## Manually build and install the latest nginx ##
 
 #Install the PCRE library needed by nginx
 sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
 # Add nginx to the system startup
 sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
 
-## Make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+# This automatically adds the nginx.conf from below into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+# If something doesn't work, just copy it manually
+sudo wget -O /etc/init/nginx.conf https://gist.github.com/Globegitter/685e3739c0f181bda3ec/raw/6ec0def52ed49d29b2f00cae70d28689371d0230/nginx.conf
 
 #This will make sure you get the following commands
 #sudo service nginx start

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
 #sudo service nginx start
 #sudo service nginx stop
 #sudo service nginx restart
-#sudo service nginx status
+#sudo service nginx status
+
+##Now you can modify your nginx.conf in /usr/local/nginx/conf
diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
 
 
 ## Tested method to install the latest version of nginx ##
-## If you follow these instructions ignore above        ##
+## If you follow the instructions below ignore above    ##
 
 #Install the PCRE library needed by nginx
 sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Possibly easier but untested method:
+# Possibly easier but untested method to install nginx:
 wget -O - http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | sudo apt-key add -
 
 #Now open ` /etc/apt/sources.list ` and add following repositories at the end
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
 
 
 ## Tested method to install the latest version of nginx ##
+## If you follow these instructions ignore above        ##
 
 #Install the PCRE library needed by nginx
 sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+#Possibly easier but untested method:
+wget -O - http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | sudo apt-key add -
+
+#Now open ` /etc/apt/sources.list ` and add following repositories at the end
+
+deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
+deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ trusty nginx
+
+
+## Tested method to install the latest version of nginx ##
+
 #Install the PCRE library needed by nginx
 sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
 

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
 # Add nginx to the system startup
 sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
 
-##Make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+## Make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
 
 #This will make sure you get the following commands
 #sudo service nginx start

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tar -xvf nginx-1.7.4.tar.gz
 
 cd nginx-1.7.4
 
-##these flags make sure to put nginx somewhere that is usuall in PATH and to activate the https module
+#These flags make sure to put nginx somewhere that is usuall in PATH and to activate the https module
 ./configure --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin --with-http_ssl_module
 
 make
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
 # Add nginx to the system startup
 sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
 
-##make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+##Make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
 
 #This will make sure you get the following commands
 #sudo service nginx start

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,18 @@ make
 
 sudo make install
 
-#make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+# Download nginx startup script
+wget -O init-deb.sh http://library.linode.com/assets/660-init-deb.sh
+
+# Move the script to the init.d directory & make executable
+sudo mv init-deb.sh /etc/init.d/nginx
+sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
+
+# Add nginx to the system startup
+sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
+
+##make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+
 #This will make sure you get the following commands
 #sudo service nginx start
 #sudo service nginx stop

diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,11 @@ cd nginx-1.7.4
 
 make
 
-sudo make install
+sudo make install
+
+#make sure to add the nginx.conf into /etc/init/nginx.conf
+#This will make sure you get the following commands
+#sudo service nginx start
+#sudo service nginx stop
+#sudo service nginx restart
+#sudo service nginx status
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#nginx
+
+description "nginx http daemon"
+author "Philipp Klose <me@'thisdomain'.de>"
+
+start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo)
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+env DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/nginx
+env PID=/usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid
+
+expect fork
+respawn
+respawn limit 10 5
+#oom never
+
+pre-start script
+ $DAEMON -t
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+ then exit $?
+ fi
+end script
+
+exec $DAEMON
diff --git a/nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ tar -xvf nginx-1.7.4.tar.gz
 
 cd nginx-1.7.4
 
-./configure
+##these flags make sure to put nginx somewhere that is usuall in PATH and to activate the https module
+./configure --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin --with-http_ssl_module
 
 make
 

diff --git a/nginx-latest → nginx-latest.sh b/nginx-latest → nginx-latest.sh
diff --git a/nginx-latest b/nginx-latest
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#Install the PCRE library needed by nginx
+sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
+
+#Replace by the latest version number found on http://nginx.org/
+wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.4.tar.gz
+
+tar -xvf nginx-1.7.4.tar.gz
+
+cd nginx-1.7.4
+
+./configure
+
+make
+
+sudo make install