This is the service script for Nginx installed to /opt/ by the Phusion Passenger gem. This script should reside in /etc/init.d/ and is invoked to manage the nginx process from the command line like so: $ service nginx restart

gistfile1.sh

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:           nginx
# Required-Start:     $all
# Required-Stop:      $all
# Default-Start:      2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:       0 1 6
# Short-Description:  starts the nginx web server
# Description:        starts nginx using start-stop-daemon
### END INIT INFO


PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/nginx/sbin
DAEMON=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx
NAME=nginx
DESC=nginx

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Include nginx defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/nginx ] ; then
  . /etc/default/nginx
fi

set -e

case "$1" in
  start)
      echo -n "Starting $DESEC: "
      start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
          --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
      echo "$NAME."
      ;;
  stop)
      echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
      start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
          --exec $DAEMON
      echo -n "$NAME."
      ;;
  restart|force-reload)
      echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
      start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
          /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
      sleep 1
      start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
          /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
      echo "$NAME."
      ;;
  reload)
      echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: "
      start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile /opt/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid \
          --exec $DAEMON
      echo "$NAME."
      ;;
  *)
      N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
      echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
esac

exit 0

Thank you!