nginx init script for redhat (rhel5)

[Cliff Wells]

http://wiki.nginx.org/RedHatInitScript




On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 19:51 -0700, mike wrote:
> for the most part, it works fine.
> 
> however, sometimes the pid file disappears (?)
> also, "restart" does not work if the daemon is not running already. it
> should handle that gracefully.
> 
> anyone have a better one? i also have the same issue with "restart" on
> my ubuntu version as well...
> 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Init file for nginx
> #
> # chkconfig: 2345 55 25
> # description: Nginx web server
> #
> # processname: nginx
> # config: /usr/local/nginx/nginx.conf
> # pidfile: /usr/local/nginx/nginx.pid
> 
> # Description: Startup script for nginx webserver on Debian. Place in
> /etc/init.d and
> # run 'sudo update-rc.d nginx defaults', or use the appropriate command on your
> # distro. For CentOS/Redhat run: '/sbin/chkconfig --add nginx'
> #
> # Author:  Ryan Norbauer <ryan.norbauer at gmail.com>
> # Modified:     Geoffrey Grosenbach http://topfunky.com
> # Modified:     David Krmpotic http://davidhq.com
> # Modified:                     Vishnu Gopal http://vish.in
> 
> set -e
> 
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> DESC="nginx daemon"
> NAME=nginx
> DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nginx
> CONFIGFILE=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
> PIDFILE=/var/run/nginx.pid
> SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/nginx
> 
> # Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
> test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
> 
> d_start() {
>   $DAEMON -c $CONFIGFILE || echo -en "\n already running"
> }
> 
> d_stop() {
>   kill -QUIT `cat $PIDFILE` || echo -en "\n not running"
> }
> 
> d_reload() {
>   kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE` || echo -en "\n can't reload"
> }
> 
> case "$1" in
>   start)
>     echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
>     d_start
>         echo "."
>   ;;
>   stop)
>     echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
>     d_stop
>         echo "."
>   ;;
>   reload)
>     echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration..."
>     d_reload
>         echo "."
>   ;;
>   restart)
>     echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
>     d_stop
>     # One second might not be time enough for a daemon to stop,
>     # if this happens, d_start will fail (and dpkg will break if
>     # the package is being upgraded). Change the timeout if needed
>     # be, or change d_stop to have start-stop-daemon use --retry.
>     # Notice that using --retry slows down the shutdown process somewhat.
>     sleep 1
>     d_start
>     echo "."
>   ;;
>   *)
>     echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload}" >&2
>     exit 3
>   ;;
> esac
> 
> exit 0
>