Install nginx

install_nginx.sh

#!/bin/bash

yum -y install gcc gcc-c++ make zlib-devel pcre-devel openssl-devel

version="${1:-1.8.0}"
config="${2:-$(pwd)/nginx.conf.default}"

cd /tmp
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$version.tar.gz
tar -xzf nginx-$version.tar.gz

rm nginx # removes the soft link

cd nginx-$version

./configure \
  --user=nginx \
  --group=nginx \
  --prefix=/etc/nginx \
  --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
  --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
  --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \
  --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock \
  --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
  --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
  --with-debug \
  --with-http_gzip_static_module \
  --with-http_stub_status_module \
  --with-http_ssl_module \
  --with-pcre \
  --with-file-aio \
  --with-http_realip_module \
  --with-http_addition_module \
  --without-http_scgi_module \
  --without-http_uwsgi_module \
  --without-http_fastcgi_module

make
make install

rm -rf /etc/init.d/nginx
wget -O /etc/init.d/nginx https://gist.github.com/sairam/5892520/raw/b8195a71e944d46271c8a49f2717f70bcd04bf1a/etc-init.d-nginx
chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx

chkconfig --add nginx
chkconfig --level 345 nginx on

cd -
cp $config /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

service nginx restart