Jul 13

Compile Nginx

wzuup nginx

Download and unzip the sources.

$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.7.6.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf nginx-0.7.6.tar.gz 
$ cd nginx-0.7.6/

Make sure the OpenSSL is available, needed for --with-http_ssl_module

$ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Configure with SSL and WebDAV module enabled http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxInstallOptions

$ ./configure --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_dav_module
...
Configuration summary
  + using system PCRE library
  + using system OpenSSL library
  + md5 library is not used
  + sha1 library is not used
  + using system zlib library

  nginx path prefix: "/usr/local/nginx"
  nginx binary file: "/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx"
  nginx configuration prefix: "/usr/local/nginx/conf"
  nginx configuration file: "/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf"
  nginx pid file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid"
  nginx error log file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/error.log"
  nginx http access log file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/access.log"
  nginx http client request body temporary files: "/usr/local/nginx/client_body_temp"
  nginx http proxy temporary files: "/usr/local/nginx/proxy_temp"
  nginx http fastcgi temporary files: "/usr/local/nginx/fastcgi_temp"

Build and install it.

$ make
$ sudo make install
...

Done!

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