[SOLVED] Problem in starting nginx on Ubuntu 11.10 VPS

Hey guys,

Today I installed nginx 1.2.2 on my new Virtual Private Server having Ubuntu 11.10 Server Edition.
I manually built the nginx 1.2.2 so after the installation and all the configurations, when I finally entered the following command in putty:

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

I got the response:

Starting nginx: start-stop-daemon: --start needs --exec or --startas
Try 'start-stop-daemon --help' for more information.

and when I enter the IP Address of my VPS in the the browser, I can't see the nginx Welcome Page.
Also, when I run top command in putty I don't see any process related to nginx running there, this shows that running

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

is not starting up nginx

the contents of nginx script is:

#! /bin/sh

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/nginx
NAME=nginx
DESC=nginx

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Include nginx defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/nginx ] ; then
        . /etc/default/nginx
fi

set -e

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME$
                --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;

  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.$
                --exec $DAEMON
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;

 restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile
                /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 1
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile
                /usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;

 reload)
      echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: "
      start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/$
          --exec $DAEMON
      echo "$NAME."
      ;;

 *)
        N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
        echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0

So guys I can't figure out whats the problem, how can I make nginx script run at the startup, please help me out

Thanks a lot

Hi,

Better try this startup script instead.

Regards

Originally Posted by bathory Hi, Better try this startup script instead. Regards

Thanks bro for your response, following your suggestion I saved the script at /etc/init.d/nginx and then ran /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults but this returned:

System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/nginx already exist.
unable to write to /var/lib/update-rc.d/nginx.new at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 59.

and here's the line no 59 of /usr/sbin/update-rc.d

open(FILE, ">", "$archive/${script}.new") || die "unable to write to $archive/${script}.new";

Any idea how can I fix this ? or any other alternate way to run nginx at startup ?

Thanks a lot

Run first

update-rc.d -f nginx remove

to remove the symlinks from your previous attempt and then re-run

update-rc.d nginx defaults

to re-create them

Originally Posted by bathory Run first update-rc.d -f nginx remove to remove the symlinks from your previous attempt and then re-run update-rc.d nginx defaults to re-create them

Awesome bro, that worked like a charm

I updated rc.d and then ran /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults, nginx was successfully added to startup and then I ran sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start and this time nginx started without any problem. I entered my VPS IP Address in the browser to see the 'nginx welcome page'. I rebooted the system and ran top to see nginx running there

But can you please tell me previously why nginx was not starting with the following message shown:

Starting nginx: start-stop-daemon: --start needs --exec or --startas
Try 'start-stop-daemon --help' for more information.

And what did we do just now to resolve the problem ?


Thanks a lot bro

\\ U ROCK //

But can you please tell me previously why nginx was not starting with the following message shown: Code: Starting nginx: start-stop-daemon: --start needs --exec or --startas Try 'start-stop-daemon --help' for more information. And what did we do just now to resolve the problem ?

See the differences between your startup script and the one provided by nginx, to find what was wrong with yours

Regards

Thanks for pointing out the obvious