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### Nginx upstart script
### source: http://serverfault.com/a/391737/70451
### /etc/init/nginx.conf
description "nginx http daemon"
start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo)
stop on runlevel [!2345]
env DAEMON=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx
env PIDFILE=/var/run/nginx.pid
# Needed to allow Nginx to start, however, the wrong PID will be tracked
expect fork
# Test the nginx configuration (Upstart will not proceed if this fails)
pre-start exec $DAEMON -t
# Ensure nginx is shutdown gracefully
# Upstart will be tracking the wrong PID so the following is needed to stop nginx
post-stop exec start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --name nginx --exec $DAEMON --signal QUIT
# Start Nginx
exec $DAEMON
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