Script nginx.sh

NOTE: this script use the unprivileged user 'www-data' to run nginx; that's mean that you need to config nginx to use unprivileged port (and use iptables to do the 'redirect' if you want), or you need to sobstitute the user 'www-data' with 'root' in this script.

#!/bin/sh
#
# Nginx HTTP server

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin;

USER="www-data";
COMMAND="/srv/local/nginx/sbin/nginx";
START="";
STOP="-s quit";



RET_CODE=0

case "$1" in
    start)
        su "${USER}" -c "${COMMAND} ${START}";
        RET_CODE=$?;
        ;;
    stop)
        su "${USER}" -c "${COMMAND} ${STOP}";
        RET_CODE=$?;
        ;;
    status|restart|reload|force-reload)
        echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2;
        RET_CODE=1;
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}";
        RET_CODE=1;
        ;;
esac;

exit "${RET_CODE}";



# End