Compile nginx standalone without root access

install_nginx.sh

# Compile nginx standalone without root access
mkdir ~/installed
mkdir ~/installed/nginx
mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src

# for latest tar.gz files, refer this link:
# https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/installing-nginx/installing-nginx-open-source/#compiling-and-installing-from-source
# we will not compile any dependencies, only unzip them in different directories and pass their paths while configuring nginx

# download PCRE dependency
wget ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-8.42.tar.gz
tar -zxf pcre-8.42.tar.gz

# download zlib dependency
wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz
tar -zxf zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz

# download OpenSSL dependency
wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz
tar -zxf openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz

# download nginx
wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.14.2.tar.gz
tar zxf nginx-1.14.2.tar.gz

# compile nginx
cd nginx-1.14.2
./configure --prefix=/home/simon/installed/nginx --with-pcre=/home/simon/src/pcre-8.42 --with-zlib=/home/simon/src/zlib-1.2.11 --with-openssl=/home/simon/src/openssl-1.1.1b --with-http_ssl_module 
make
make install

# Edit config to not bind to port 80 (as we aren't root)
vi ~/installed/nginx/conf/nginx.conf