Configuring Nginx on Webfaction

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1.- Get into the src folder, download & extract nginx source

• cd ~/src
• curl -O http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.0.tar.gz
• tar -xzvf nginx-1.7.0.tar.gz
• cd nginx-1.7.0

2.- Configuring the source

./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/nginx
--sbin-path=$HOME/local/sbin/nginx
--conf-path=$HOME/local/etc/nginx.conf
--error-log-path=$HOME/logs/user/nginx/error.log
--http-log-path=$HOME/logs/user/nginx/access.log
--pid-path=$HOME/local/run/nginx/nginx.pid
--lock-path=$HOME/local/lock/nginx.lock
--http-client-body-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/client/
--http-proxy-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/proxy/
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/fcgi/
--with-http_flv_module
--with-http_ssl_module
--with-http_gzip_static_module

3.- Compile & Install

• make
• make install

4.- Creating folders

• mkdir -p ~/tmp/nginx/fcgi ~/tmp/nginx/proxy ~/tmp/nginx/client

5.- Modifying the Path

• export PATH=/home/axion/local/sbin:$PATH
• source ~/.bashrc

6.- Create a custom app on Webfaction

7.- The configuration file

• mv ~/local/etc/nginx.conf ~/local/etc/nginx.conf.backup

8.- Edit the configuration file as needed & check it

• nginx -t

9.- Start, Stopping & Reloading

• nginx
• nginx -s stop
• nginx -s reload
• nginx -t