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Fetch, build, and install the latest nginx with the latest OpenSSL for RaspberryPi
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# names of latest versions of each package
export VERSION_PCRE=pcre-8.38
export VERSION_OPENSSL=openssl-1.0.2d
export VERSION_NGINX=nginx-1.9.7
# URLs to the source directories
export SOURCE_OPENSSL=https://www.openssl.org/source/
export SOURCE_PCRE=ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
export SOURCE_NGINX=http://nginx.org/download/
# make a 'today' variable for use in back-up filenames later
today=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
# clean out any files from previous runs of this script
rm -rf build
rm -rf /etc/nginx-default
mkdir build
# ensure that we have the required software to compile our own nginx
apt-get -y install curl wget build-essential
# grab the source files
wget -P ./build $SOURCE_PCRE$VERSION_PCRE.tar.gz
wget -P ./build $SOURCE_OPENSSL$VERSION_OPENSSL.tar.gz --no-check-certificate
wget -P ./build $SOURCE_NGINX$VERSION_NGINX.tar.gz
# expand the source files
cd build
tar xzf $VERSION_NGINX.tar.gz
tar xzf $VERSION_OPENSSL.tar.gz
tar xzf $VERSION_PCRE.tar.gz
cd ../
# set where OpenSSL and nginx will be built
export BPATH=$(pwd)/build
export STATICLIBSSL="$BPATH/staticlibssl"
# build static openssl
cd $BPATH/$VERSION_OPENSSL
rm -rf "$STATICLIBSSL"
mkdir "$STATICLIBSSL"
make clean
./config --prefix=$STATICLIBSSL no-shared \
&& make depend \
&& make \
&& make install_sw
# rename the existing /etc/nginx directory so it's saved as a back-up
mv /etc/nginx /etc/nginx-$today
# build nginx, with various modules included/excluded
cd $BPATH/$VERSION_NGINX
mkdir -p $BPATH/nginx
./configure --with-cc-opt="-I $STATICLIBSSL/include -I/usr/include" \
--with-ld-opt="-L $STATICLIBSSL/lib -Wl,-rpath -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lz" \
--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
--with-pcre=$BPATH/$VERSION_PCRE \
--with-http_ssl_module \
--with-http_v2_module \
--with-file-aio \
--with-ipv6 \
--with-http_gzip_static_module \
--with-http_stub_status_module \
--without-mail_pop3_module \
--without-mail_smtp_module \
--without-mail_imap_module \
&& make && make install
# rename the compiled 'default' /etc/nginx directory so its accessible as a reference to the new nginx defaults
mv /etc/nginx /etc/nginx-default
# now restore the previous version of /etc/nginx to /etc/nginx so the old settings are kept
mv /etc/nginx-$today /etc/nginx
echo "All done.";
echo "This build has not edited your existing /etc/nginx directory.";
echo "If things aren't working now you may need to refer to the";
echo "configuration files the new nginx ships with as defaults,";
echo "which are available at /etc/nginx-default";
@habovh
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habovh commented Dec 18, 2014

@MattWilcox, thanks for the blog post, I didn't read it in the first place, mainly because I landed on this Gist right from my google query... I'll have a look!

@rgyger, I'll try that and keep you informed if this solved my issue, thanks!

EDIT :
I could build Nginx to the latest version using your advice @rgyger, when I removed -lcrypto from --with-ld-opt, build passed. However, how does this affect Nginx? I read elsewhere that I should probably specify the path to the lib (which is located in my case at /home/pi/Install/nginx/build/staticlibssl/lib, but I'm not quite sure what's the right way).
Thanks for your help!

@PePaPossum
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Can confirm problems with enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 when compiling openssl.

ecp_nistp224.c:43:3: error: unknown type name ‘__uint128_t’
ecp_nistp224.c: In function ‘widefelem_diff’:
ecp_nistp224.c:422:2: warning: left shift count >= width of type [enabled by default]

Running Raspbian Debian Wheezy December 2014
Don't get any compilation errors with openssl when enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 is removed

@bergerf
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bergerf commented Jan 23, 2015

Hi, thanks for the script. Here my changes which are necessary on Bananian (version: 15.01 (released 2015-01-11))
build done with pcre-8.36 / openssl-1.0.2 / nginx-1.7.9

  • remove 'enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128' parameter within openssl build
  • change the '-rpath' option within the nginx build from '-Wl,-rpath' to '-Wl,-rpath=$STATICLIBSSL/lib'
  • install libz-dev

@bkev
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bkev commented Feb 12, 2015

I'm new to all this, but I've followed the instructions. Fresh install on Raspbian on Pi 2, ran sudo apt-get install nginx and then once installed ran sudo apt-get remove nginx
I then put on this script, made it executable and changed the version of OpenSSL to 1.0.2

It seems to run ok, and once it's complete I get the basic webpage. But, if I run nginx -v on my Pi, it still shows the version of 1.2.1. I'm not sure what I've done wrong. Is this the same for you?

@habovh
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habovh commented Feb 16, 2015

Just wanted to let you know, I tried the script on my brand new Raspberry Pi2 and it works like a charm (without any edits though, instead of my try on RPi1).
@bkev: Did you run the script as root ?
Try sudo ./build_nginx.sh and tell us if this does changes anything. I also made the mistake and forgot the sudo at first.

@zucht
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zucht commented Feb 19, 2015

Thanks for this script!

libcrypto was missing on my RPi2 clean Raspbian install. Fixed it by installing libssl-dev

@bkev
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bkev commented Feb 20, 2015

Thanks for the help!

@zucht doing a sudo apt-get install libssl-dev and running the script again meant that when I run nginx -v now, I get 1.7.9. but if I run an openssl version command, I still get 1.0.1e.

Is this correct? Does the script build nginx with the new version of openssl but not replace the version found on the Pi?

Thanks again.

EDIT: I too had to remove the "enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128" option as it kept failing.

@CaptainRewind
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Awesome! I've been having problems getting all the dependencies sorted out, as the repo versions are horribly out-of-date with tons of vulnerabilities. I'll give this a try. Thanks.

@MattWilcox
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@bkev - The script makes a version of openssl for nginx to use, but does not replace the system one. If you're worried about security, the system ones will usually have security patches applied but still be based on an older version of OpennSSL. That's why some packages in the repositories have stuff like 'deb10.1' or similar appended to the actual software version.

@Linkaan
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Linkaan commented Aug 5, 2015

If you're tired of manually updating the latest versions of each package, feel free to use my fork of this script :)

@rammjet
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rammjet commented Sep 30, 2015

Trying this with the new 2015-09-24-raspbian-jessie.img on Rasp Pi 2. Getting a compile error in crypto. I'm not strong in this area, so a suggestion is welcome.

Also, Nginx 1.9.5 no longer supports SPDY. You either need to use the new HTTP/2, or fall back to Ngnix 1.9.4. Info on Nginx HTTP/2: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_v2_module.html

making all in crypto...
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pi/build/openssl-1.0.2d/crypto'
/usr/bin/perl ../util/mkbuildinf.pl "gcc -I. -I.. -I../include  -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -march=armv7-a -Wa,--noexecstack -O3 -Wall -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DAES_ASM -DBSAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM" "linux-armv4" >buildinf.h
gcc -I. -I.. -I../include  -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -march=armv7-a -Wa,--noexecstack -O3 -Wall -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DAES_ASM -DBSAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM   -c -o cryptlib.o cryptlib.c
In file included from /usr/include/stdlib.h:41:0,
                 from cryptlib.h:62,
                 from cryptlib.c:117:
/usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bits/waitflags.h:52:3: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
   P_ALL,  /* Wait for any child.  */
   ^
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.9/README.Bugs> for instructions.
Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/cc5Vn7ij.out file, please attach this to your bugreport.
<builtin>: recipe for target 'cryptlib.o' failed
make[1]: *** [cryptlib.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/build/openssl-1.0.2d/crypto'
Makefile:283: recipe for target 'build_crypto' failed
make: *** [build_crypto] Error 1
checking for OS
 + Linux 4.1.7-v7+ armv7l
checking for C compiler ... not found

./configure: error: C compiler cc is not found

mv: cannot stat ‘/etc/nginx’: No such file or directory
All done.

@Tralapo
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Tralapo commented Oct 4, 2015

For the latest version, 1.9.5, Spdy had been replaced by HTTP/2.

Changing --with-http_spdy_module \ to --with-http_v2_module \ works.

@fademar
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fademar commented Oct 4, 2015

Hello,
Just run the script on my Rasp-jessie. Everything goes well despite the upgrade of openssl. The openssl version is stuck at 1.0.1k even if I put the 1.0.2 version in the script. Any idea ?

@rammjet
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rammjet commented Oct 5, 2015

The script only provides OpenSSL for compiling into Nginx. It does not install the new OpenSSL into the system. Read the Mar 21 comment by MattWilcox above.

With the seg fault I posted above during creation of the OpenSSL files, I grabbed the OpenSSL 1.0.2d directory created on a Wheezy version of Raspbian and inserted it into the "build" directory on Jessie and modded the script to use it. Seems to have worked, but I don't know what monster I might have created. I'm going to try it again fresh in a couple of days.

@Tralapo
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Tralapo commented Oct 9, 2015

@habovh I ran into the same problem when trying this script on Ubuntu as you did: ./configure: error: the invalid value in --with-ld-opt . Did you ever find out what to do to fix it? Removing -lcrypto does not do the trick.

Edit

I installed libssl-dev which made the above error disappear, but then I got some sort of OpenSSL error. Added --with-openssl=$BPATH/$VERSION_OPENSSL \ to the script and now it seems to run all the way instead of stopping early. Think I'm good now?

@MattWilcox
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It seems like something changed with Debian 8, and the 'enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128' option on line 45 now causes a failure when configuring the crypto. I have removed this from the script and it now compiles correctly. Tested on a Pi2 with Jessie based Raspbian.

If anyone knows a better solution, I'd be all ears - it's a performance enhancement flag that the Pi would benefit from.

/cc @Tralapo @rammjet

@noplanman
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Sorry to chime in as well, but I too was wondering where exactly the updated versions of OpenSSL and PCRE are actually playing their part.
Shouldn't I at least see the updated version numbers in phpinfo();?
How would I make use of the updated versions otherwise?
Thanks for clarifying, I'm still new to this home server party 🎉

@shmick
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shmick commented Jan 30, 2016

Newer versions:

export VERSION_OPENSSL=openssl-1.0.2f
export VERSION_NGINX=nginx-1.9.9

@MatthewVance
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First off, thanks for this script. I'm not sure how or if it's possible to send pull requests to Gists so I wanted to let you know about some changes I made to my fork you may want to add in. You won't want to include all my changes because I added some modules not everyone will want, but some of my other updates may be useful:

  • Bumped OpenSSL and NGINX to latest versions
  • Added set -e -x so script prints commands being executed and exits if a single command fails
  • Made script verify checksums
  • Removed wget dependency
  • Compiled without SSLv3 support

Feel free to take or not take any of those changes from my fork.

@MatthewVance
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@noplanman you're not seeing the updated versions of OpenSSL and PCRE in phpinfo(); because this build script only compiles NGINX using the statically linked versions of those tools, but does not touch any versions of those tools installed on your system. As such, PHP still uses/sees the system version. However, you can confirm, for OpenSSL at least, that NGINX was built with the version of OpenSSL within the script by running the following command: nginx -V.

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@MattWilcox

After removing Nginx and re-installing using this along with the Google Pagespeed module, although Nginx version 1.9.7 is installed I am unable to access it as a service - with the error of 'no such file or directory'.

Any ideas?

@veeblefetzer
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Hi @MattWilcox and thanks for sharing the script!

what exactly is the directory "$BPATH/nginx" for? (Line 55: mkdir -p $BPATH/nginx)

@wouterds
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PCRE 8.38 is not working anymore, 8.39 is though. (https://gist.github.com/wouterds/f676815659147a262cf77e41c704419f)

@mincaeuro
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Hi,
have tried ur script but got error about missing openssl for SSL usage, so you've to also add:
--with-openssl=$BPATH/$VERSION_OPENSSL \

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