chkconfig on nginx

tt1187 · 04-29-2014, 01:49 PM

Hello,

I installed nginx via this guide here.

I wanted to ask if anyone knows the command to have nginx start at system boot. Whenever I try it gives this error;

[root@server]# chkconfig /usr/local/sbin/nginx on
error reading information on service /usr/local/sbin/nginx: No such file or directory

Even if I do "chkconfig nginx on", same error. I'm not sure where the directory is suppose to be, I mean, /usr/local/sbin/nginx is the command I run to start up nginx and that works fine.

Anyone know what I might be missing here?

Thanks.

szboardstretcher · 04-29-2014, 03:21 PM

What operating system are you doing this on?

And if it is in fact Centos, what does this command output?

chkconfig --list

tt1187 · 04-30-2014, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by szboardstretcher

What operating system are you doing this on?

And if it is in fact Centos, what does this command output?

chkconfig --list

Yup, I'm using centos. Here's what the command brings;

Code:

[root@server2-cent ~]# chkconfig --list
atd             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
auditd          0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cgconfig        0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
cgred           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
cloud-config    0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cloud-final     0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cloud-init      0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cloud-init-local        0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
crond           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
ip6tables       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
iptables        0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
netconsole      0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
netfs           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
network         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
nova-agent      0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
postfix         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
rdisc           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
restorecond     0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
rsyslog         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
saslauthd       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
sshd            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
svnserve        0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
udev-post       0:off   1:on    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
xe-linux-distribution   0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

szboardstretcher · 04-30-2014, 12:35 PM

In that how-to, they mention that another how-to will be written to create an init script, which is what you need to use chkconfig/service

Quote:

As mentioned, the next couple of articles will deal with learning how to create an init script so we have more control over Nginx.

I suggest finding that next article and following the directions.

tt1187 · 04-30-2014, 12:49 PM

yeah, it was to do with having init scripts. Here's the second article for anyone in future that has this problem.

Thanks for hte help szboardstretcher.