nginx-portable

nginx-portable is a portable version of the nginx web server for linux.
At this point in time the package contains nginx-1.10.2 or nginx-1.11.8 with the --latest flag; so no fastcgi and mysql just yet.

About nginx

nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev

You can read all about it on the nginx website

Goals

What is nginx-portable all about?

• A standalone, pre-configured, portable, stable version of the nginx web server for linux
• Easily distributable package together with or as base for other products

Dependencies

On Ubuntu installing the following packages should provide all the files necessary to build nginx

sudo apt-get install curl build-essential libpcre3-dev libssl-dev

Getting started

1. Clone this repository
2. To compile a binary for your architecture issue ./compile.
3. Run sudo ./nginx-portable start to start the server
4. Fire up your favorite browser and go to http://localhost:8080 Voila!

Congratulations, your nginx server is up and running.
Now go on and add your own files to the html directory.

Usage

The init script

The init script works pretty much exactly like nginx init.d script on Ubuntu.

Usage: ./nginx-portable {start|stop|restart|reload|test}

Configuration

If you need to change any of the default values you can find nginx.conf under conf/nginx.conf in the nginx-portable directory.

Customization

Additional modules and flags can be added to/removed from the appropriate line in the compile file.

Known issues

• This package has only been tested on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS 32bit, Ubuntu Server 13.10 64bit and Ubuntu Server 14.04 64bit.
• The compile script currently does not work correctly under Mac OSX. You can get it to run by hardcoding the scripts absolute path to BASEDIR in the compile script.

If your find any bugs or have suggestions on how to improve nginx-portable, feel free to write up an issue here on GitHub or fork the repo to tinker with it yourself.

Boring legal stuff

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.