Nginx init script for Ubuntu with Passenger.

nginx

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          nginx
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts the nginx web server
# Description:       starts nginx using its daemon
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/nginx/sbin
DAEMON=/opt/nginx/sbin/nginx
NAME=nginx
PIDFILE=/var/run/nginx.pid

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

test_nginx_config() {
  if $DAEMON -t $DAEMON_OPTS
  then
    return 0
  else
    return $?
  fi
}

case "$1" in
  start)
	echo -n "Starting $NAME: "
        test_nginx_config
        $DAEMON
	echo "$NAME."
	;;
  stop)
	echo -n "Stopping $NAME: "
        $DAEMON -s stop
	echo "$NAME."
	;;
  restart)
	echo -n "Restarting $NAME: "
        $DAEMON -s stop
	sleep 1
        test_nginx_config
        $DAEMON
	echo "$NAME."
	;;
  reload)
        echo -n "Reloading $NAME configuration: "
        test_nginx_config
        $DAEMON -s reload
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  configtest)
        echo -n "Testing $NAME configuration: "
        if test_nginx_config
        then
          echo "$NAME."
        else
          exit $?
        fi
        ;;
  status)
	status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE "$DAEMON" nginx && exit 0 || exit $?
	;;
  *)
	echo "Usage: $NAME {start|stop|restart|reload|status|configtest}" >&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac

exit 0