A simple script to build nginx with lua support

build_nginx_with_lua.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Script to build nginx with lua support.

# XXX: The resulting binary might work, but it was not thoroughly tested. Use it at your
# own risk. If you really need nginx with LUA in production, please consider using
# OpenResty instead.
# On Debian 12, install these build dependencies: libpcre3-dev libgeoip-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev build-essential

NGINX_VERSION='1.26.2'

NGX_DEVEL_KIT_VERSION='0.3.3'
LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION='0.10.27'
STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION='0.0.15'

# We use openresty's version of luajit here.
LUAJIT_VERSION='2.1-20241113'
LUAJIT_MAJOR_VERSION='2.1'

LUA_RESTY_CORE_VERSION='0.1.30'
LUA_RESTY_LRUCACHE_VERSION='0.15'

NGINX_PREFIX='/usr/local/nginx'
LUAJIT_PREFIX="${NGINX_PREFIX}/luajit-${LUAJIT_VERSION}"

_WORKING_DIR="$(pwd)"
_DOWNLOAD_DIR="${_WORKING_DIR}/downloads"
_BUILD_DIR="${_WORKING_DIR}/build"
_INSTALL_DIR="${_WORKING_DIR}/install"

die() {
    [ -n "$*" ] && printf "%b" "\033[31;1m${*}\033[0m\n" >&2
    exit 1
}

notice() {
    printf "%b" "\033[37;1m${*}\033[0m\n"
}

# Build with multiple threads
nprocs=$(nproc) || nprocs=1
notice "Building with $nprocs threads."
export MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS -j $nprocs"

# Create temporary directories
mkdir -pv "$_DOWNLOAD_DIR" || die "Cannot create download directory"
mkdir -pv "$_BUILD_DIR" || die "Cannot create build directory"
mkdir -pv "$_INSTALL_DIR" || die "Cannot create install directory"

# Download

verify_sha256() {
    h="$(sha256sum "$1" 2> /dev/null | head -c64)"
    [ "$h" = "$2" ]
}

dl() {
    _name="$1"
    _url="$2"
    _filename="$3"
    _sha256="$4"

    [ -n "${_sha256}" ] && verify_sha256 "${_filename}" "${_sha256}" && return
    rm -fv "${_filename}"
    notice "Downloading ${_name}"
    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.3 -Lf "${_url}" > "${_filename}"
    # wget -c "${_url}" -O "${_filename}" || die "Failed to download ${_name}"
    [ -n "${_sha256}" ] && ! verify_sha256 "${_filename}" "${_sha256}" && die "${_name} downloaded but sha256 mismatch."
}

cd "$_DOWNLOAD_DIR" || die

dl nginx "https://github.com/nginx/nginx/archive/release-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    b22485ac7fa10dbfb410e0cda2e091d0d28d7634895a05cce4b26243a9ca95d5

dl luajit "https://github.com/openresty/luajit2/archive/v${LUAJIT_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "luajit-${LUAJIT_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
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dl ngx_devel_kit "https://github.com/vision5/ngx_devel_kit/archive/v${NGX_DEVEL_KIT_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "ngx_devel_kit-${NGX_DEVEL_KIT_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    faa2fcd5168b10764d35081356511d5f84db5c526a1aa4b6add2db94b6853b2b

dl lua-nginx-module "https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/archive/v${LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "lua-nginx-module-${LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
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dl stream-lua-nginx-module "https://github.com/openresty/stream-lua-nginx-module/archive/v${STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "stream-lua-nginx-module-${STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    ecf5c2afd345149cef19bf2e3e196bf1c514ca85e778f853f80a379284b70de1

dl lua-resty-core "https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-core/archive/v${LUA_RESTY_CORE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "lua-resty-core-${LUA_RESTY_CORE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    adc7781ddaeab9341b82033a6c06b0d190d4c6d1c2dddd46f6965ce9e57a0310

dl lua-resty-lrucache "https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-lrucache/archive/v${LUA_RESTY_LRUCACHE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
    "lua-resty-lrucache-${LUA_RESTY_LRUCACHE_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
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# build & install (to temporary dir)

cd "$_BUILD_DIR" || die

notice "Building luajit..."
tar -xf "${_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/luajit-${LUAJIT_VERSION}.tar.gz" || die
cd "luajit2-${LUAJIT_VERSION}" || die
sed -i -E "s|^(export PREFIX=\\s*).*$|\\1${LUAJIT_PREFIX}|g" Makefile || die "failed to patch luajit prefix"
make && make DESTDIR="${_INSTALL_DIR}" install || die "failed to build luajit"
cd ..

notice "Building nginx..."
tar -xf "${_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz" || die

tar -xf "${_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/ngx_devel_kit-${NGX_DEVEL_KIT_VERSION}.tar.gz" || die
_NGX_DEVEL_KIT_PATH="${_BUILD_DIR}/ngx_devel_kit-${NGX_DEVEL_KIT_VERSION}"

tar -xf "${_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/lua-nginx-module-${LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" || die
_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_PATH="${_BUILD_DIR}/lua-nginx-module-${LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}"

tar -xf "${_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/stream-lua-nginx-module-${STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}.tar.gz" || die
_STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_PATH="${_BUILD_DIR}/stream-lua-nginx-module-${STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_VERSION}"

cd "nginx-release-${NGINX_VERSION}" || die

export LUAJIT_LIB="${_INSTALL_DIR}${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/lib"
export LUAJIT_INC="${_INSTALL_DIR}${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/include/luajit-${LUAJIT_MAJOR_VERSION}"

./auto/configure \
    --prefix="${NGINX_PREFIX}" \
    --conf-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/conf/nginx.conf" \
    --sbin-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/sbin/nginx" \
    --pid-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/run/nginx.pid" \
    --lock-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/run/nginx.lock" \
    --user=www-data \
    --group=www-data \
    --http-log-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/logs/access.log" \
    --error-log-path=stderr \
    --http-client-body-temp-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/tmp/client-body" \
    --http-proxy-temp-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/tmp/proxy" \
    --http-fastcgi-temp-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/tmp/fastcgi" \
    --http-scgi-temp-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/tmp/scgi" \
    --http-uwsgi-temp-path="${NGINX_PREFIX}/tmp/uwsgi" \
    --with-compat \
    --with-debug \
    --with-file-aio \
    --with-http_addition_module \
    --with-http_auth_request_module \
    --with-http_dav_module \
    --with-http_degradation_module \
    --with-http_flv_module \
    --with-http_geoip_module \
    --with-http_gunzip_module \
    --with-http_gzip_static_module \
    --with-http_mp4_module \
    --with-http_realip_module \
    --with-http_secure_link_module \
    --with-http_slice_module \
    --with-http_ssl_module \
    --with-http_stub_status_module \
    --with-http_sub_module \
    --with-http_v2_module \
    --with-pcre-jit \
    --with-stream \
    --with-stream_geoip_module \
    --with-stream_realip_module \
    --with-stream_ssl_module \
    --with-stream_ssl_preread_module \
    --with-threads \
    --with-ld-opt="-Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath,'\$\$ORIGIN'/../luajit-${LUAJIT_VERSION}/lib" \
    --add-module="${_NGX_DEVEL_KIT_PATH}" \
    --add-module="${_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_PATH}" \
    --add-module="${_STREAM_LUA_NGINX_MODULE_PATH}" \
    && make && make DESTDIR="${_INSTALL_DIR}" install \
    || die "failed to build nginx"

strip -s "${_INSTALL_DIR}${NGINX_PREFIX}/sbin/nginx" \
    "${_INSTALL_DIR}${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/bin/luajit" \
    "${_INSTALL_DIR}${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/lib/"*.so
# Some files are not required at run time
rm -rf "${_INSTALL_DIR}${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/lib/"*.a \
    "${_INSTALL_DIR}${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig"

cd ..

# install essential lua modules (required by lua-nginx-module)

install_lua_module() {
    _name=$1
    _version=$2
    tar -xf "${_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${_name}-${_version}.tar.gz" || die
    cd "${_name}-${_version}" || die
    LUA_VERSION="5.1" PREFIX="${LUAJIT_PREFIX}" make DESTDIR="${_INSTALL_DIR}" install \
        || die "failed to install lua module ${_name}"
    cd ..
}

install_lua_module lua-resty-core "${LUA_RESTY_CORE_VERSION}"
install_lua_module lua-resty-lrucache "${LUA_RESTY_LRUCACHE_VERSION}"

# patch nginx.conf to include lua_package_path

cd "${_INSTALL_DIR}${NGINX_PREFIX}/conf" || die
patch -p0 << EOF
--- nginx.conf
+++ nginx.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
 }
 
 
+stream {
+    lua_package_path '${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/lib/lua/5.1/?.lua;;';
+}
+
 http {
+    lua_package_path '${LUAJIT_PREFIX}/lib/lua/5.1/?.lua;;';
+
     include       mime.types;
     default_type  application/octet-stream;

EOF

notice "Build complete. Now you can manually move ${_INSTALL_DIR}${NGINX_PREFIX} to ${NGINX_PREFIX}"
notice "Remember to run \`chown root\` on \"${NGINX_PREFIX}\""

wow thanks for the great script

for anyone coming to this i also created an installer script for nginx with more things to be added
https://github.com/Elyasnz/NginxInstaller/