Simple shell script to generate an nginx virtual host. http://luke.is/blogging/nginx-virtual-host-generator/

nvhgen

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$#" -le "1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: nvhgen [hostname] [location]"
  exit 1
fi

NGINXSA="/etc/nginx/sites-available/"
NGINXSE="/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/"
FILENAME="$1"
HOSTNAME="$1"
WORKDIR="$2"
STR="server {\n\t
listen 80;\n\t
server_name $HOSTNAME;\n\t
root $WORKDIR;\n\t
index index.html;\n\n\t
location / {\n\t\t
try_files \$uri \$uri/ =404;\n\t
}\n\n\t
location ~ \.php$ {\n\t\t
try_files \$uri =404;\n\t\t
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;\n\t\t
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;\n\t\t
fastcgi_index index.php;\n\t\t
include fastcgi_params;\n\t
}\n\n\t
location ~ /\. { deny  all; }\n
}"

if [ -f $NGINXSA$FILENAME ];
then
  read -p "$FILENAME already exists. Overwrite? (y/n): " -n 1 -r
  if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]];
  then
    echo -e "\nOk, exiting."
    exit 1
  fi
  echo -e "\n"
fi

echo -e $STR > $NGINXSA$FILENAME
echo -e "Created $FILENAME\n"
ln -s $NGINXSA$FILENAME $NGINXSE$FILENAME
echo -e "Added symlink for $FILENAME\n"
echo -e "Done\n"