nginx-autoinstall's Introduction

nginx-autoinstall

Compile and install Nginx from source with optionnal modules.

Compatibility

x86, x64, arm*
Debian 8 and later
Ubuntu 16.04 and later

Features

Latest mainline or stable version, from source
Optional modules (see below)
Removed useless modules
Custom nginx.conf (default does not work)
Init script for systemd (not provided by default)
Logrotate conf (not provided by default)
Block Nginx installation from APT using pinning, to prevent conflicts

Optional modules/features

LibreSSL from source (ChaCha20 cipher, HTTP/2 + ALPN, Curve25519, P-521)
OpenSSL from source (ChaCha20 cipher, HTTP/2 + ALPN, Curve25519, P-521)
ngx_pagespeed (Google performance module)
ngx_brotli (Brotli compression algorithm)
ngx_headers_more (Custom HTTP headers)
GeoIP (GeoIP module and databases)
Cloudflare's TLS Dynamic Records Resizing patch (Optmize lantency and throughput for TLS exchanges)
ngx_cache_purge (Purge content from FastCGI, proxy, SCGI and uWSGI caches)
ngx-fancyindex (Fancy indexes module)

Install Nginx

Just download and execute the script :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Angristan/nginx-autoinstall/master/nginx-autoinstall.sh
chmod +x nginx-autoinstall.sh
./nginx-autoinstall.sh

You can check configuration examples for the custom modules.

Uninstall Nginx

Just select the option when running the script :

You have te choice to delete the logs and the conf.

Update Nginx

To update Nginx, run the script and install Nginx again. It will overwrite current Nginx files and/or modules.

Update the script

The update feature downloads the script from this repository, and overwrite the current nginx-autoinstall.sh file in the working directory. This allows you to get the latest features, bug fixes, and module versions automatically.