init.d script to control nginx server. (modified from apache init.d script)

nginx

#!/bin/bash
#
# nginx   Startup script for nginx server
#
# chkconfig: - 85 15
# description: nginx is a World Wide Web server.  It is used to serve \
#	       HTML files and CGI.
# processname: nginx 
# config: /etc/httpd/conf/nginx.conf
# config: /etc/sysconfig/nginx
# pidfile: /var/run/nginx.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# This will prevent initlog from swallowing up a pass-phrase prompt if
# mod_ssl needs a pass-phrase from the user.
INITLOG_ARGS=""

# Set HTTPD=/usr/sbin/httpd.worker in /etc/sysconfig/httpd to use a server
# with the thread-based "worker" MPM; BE WARNED that some modules may not
# work correctly with a thread-based MPM; notably PHP will refuse to start.

# Path to the apachectl script, server binary, and short-form for messages.
nginx=/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx
prog=nginx
pidfile=${PIDFILE-/var/run/nginx.pid}
lockfile=${LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/nginx}
RETVAL=0

# The semantics of these two functions differ from the way apachectl does
# things -- attempting to start while running is a failure, and shutdown
# when not running is also a failure.  So we just do it the way init scripts
# are expected to behave here.
start() {
        echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
        daemon $nginx $OPTIONS
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch ${lockfile}
        return $RETVAL
}

# When stopping httpd a delay of >10 second is required before SIGKILLing the
# httpd parent; this gives enough time for the httpd parent to SIGKILL any
# errant children.
stop() {
	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
	killproc -d 10 $nginx
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${lockfile} ${pidfile}
}
reload() {
    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
    if ! $nginx $OPTIONS -t >&/dev/null; then
        RETVAL=$?
        echo $"not reloading due to configuration syntax error"
        failure $"not reloading $httpd due to configuration syntax error"
    else
        killproc $nginx -HUP
        RETVAL=$?
    fi
    echo
}
test() {
    echo $"Testing $prog config: "
    $nginx -t
    echo
}
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
	start
	;;
  stop)
	stop
	;;
  status)
        status $nginx
	RETVAL=$?
	;;
  restart)
	stop
	start
	;;
  test)
        test
        ;;
  condrestart)
	if [ -f ${pidfile} ] ; then
		stop
		start
	fi
	;;
  reload)
        reload
	;;
  *)
	echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|reload|status|fullstatus|graceful|help|configtest}"
	exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL