# Can't start nginx **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [July 11, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927 "2009-07-11T17:13:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vieten)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927/1 "2009-07-11T17:13:20Z")
Hello, I’ve tried a serveral times to start nginx but it always ends with no happy end. Download and compiling is no problem for me. So here goes my way that i do it: 1. cd /tmp wget wget [http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.7.61.tar.gz](http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.7.61.tar.gz) tar xvfz nginx-0.7.61.tar.gz cd nginx-0.7.61 ./configure –prefix=/usr –conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf –http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access\_log –error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error\_log –pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid –http-client-body-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/client –http-proxy-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/proxy –http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/fastcgi –with-md5-asm --with-md5=/usr/include –with-http\_realip\_module –with-http\_ssl\_module –with-http\_stub\_status\_module make make install 1. vi /etc/init.d/nginx #! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: nginx # Required-Start: $all # Required-Stop: $all # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: starts the nginx web server # Description: starts nginx using start-stop-daemon ### END INIT INFO PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/nginx NAME=nginx DESC=nginx test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 # Include nginx defaults if available if [-f /etc/default/nginx] ; then . /etc/default/nginx fi set -e case “$1” in start) echo -n "Starting $DESC: " start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON – $DAEMON\_OPTS echo “$NAME.” ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping $DESC: " start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON echo “$NAME.” ;; restart|force-reload) echo -n "Restarting $DESC: " start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON sleep 1 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON – $DAEMON\_OPTS echo “$NAME.” ;; reload) echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration: " start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --quiet --pidfile /usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid --exec $DAEMON echo “$NAME.” ;; \*) N=/etc/init.d/$NAME echo “Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}” \>&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 1. chmod 755 /etc/init.d/nginx 2. /etc/init.d/nginx start But it won’t start because of this error here: (root)-(/tmp/nginx-0.7.61) $ /etc/init.d/nginx start /etc/init.d/nginx: line 1: N: command not found ---
**Author:** ![vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vieten)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927/2 "2009-07-13T14:14:29Z")
Try this: sh -x /etc/init.d/nginx start and see what happen or put it in a reply, as you wish. ---
**Author:** ![vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vieten)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927/3 "2009-07-13T23:23:36Z")
Robert G. wrote: > Try this: > > sh -x /etc/init.d/nginx start > > and see what happen or put it in a reply, as you wish. Hello, doesn’t work either. ---
**Author:** ![vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vieten)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927/4 "2009-07-14T10:33:58Z")
Robert G. wrote: > Andreas Vieten wrote: > > > Robert G. wrote: > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > sh -x /etc/init.d/nginx start > > > > > > and see what happen or put it in a reply, as you wish. > > > > Hello, doesn’t work either. > > I didnt say its gonna work, but you can see where the error is coming > from… Wait, are u using Ubuntu?! If so, then do this first: rm -f /bin/sh; ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh (as root user) ---
**Author:** ![vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vieten)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927/5 "2009-07-14T10:32:12Z")
Andreas Vieten wrote: > Robert G. wrote: > > > Try this: > > > > sh -x /etc/init.d/nginx start > > > > and see what happen or put it in a reply, as you wish. > > Hello, doesn’t work either. I didnt say its gonna work, but you can see where the error is coming from… ---
**Author:** ![vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vieten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vieten)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-start-nginx/171927/6 "2014-01-17T15:23:07Z")
Hello exuce me for posting again in this old question i have problem for starting nginx i tried [root@server libmemcached-0.48]# sh -x /etc/init.d/nginx stop - . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ++ TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts ++ umask 022 ++ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin ++ export PATH ++ ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ ++ COLUMNS=80 ++ ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ +++ /sbin/consoletype ++ CONSOLETYPE=pty ++ ‘[’ -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n -a -z ‘’ -a -z ‘’ ‘]’ ++ . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ++ unset LANGSH\_SOURCED ++ ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ ++ ‘[’ -f /etc/sysconfig/init ‘]’ ++ . /etc/sysconfig/init +++ BOOTUP=color +++ RES\_COL=60 +++ MOVE\_TO\_COL=‘echo -en \033[60G’ +++ SETCOLOR\_SUCCESS=‘echo -en \033[0;32m’ +++ SETCOLOR\_FAILURE=‘echo -en \033[0;31m’ +++ SETCOLOR\_WARNING=‘echo -en \033[0;33m’ +++ SETCOLOR\_NORMAL=‘echo -en \033[0;39m’ +++ PROMPT=yes +++ AUTOSWAP=no +++ ACTIVE\_CONSOLES=’/dev/tty[1-6]’ +++ SINGLE=/sbin/sushell ++ ‘[’ pty = serial ‘]’ ++ \_\_sed\_discard\_ignored\_files=’/(~|.bak|.orig|.rpmnew|.rpmorig|.rpmsave)$/d’ - . /etc/sysconfig/network ++ NETWORKING=yes ++ HOSTNAME=server.ghoghnooschat.ir ++ GATEWAY=144.76.228.1 - ‘[’ yes = no ‘]’ - nginx=/usr/sbin/nginx ++ basename /usr/sbin/nginx - prog=nginx - NGINX\_CONF\_FILE=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf - lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/nginx - case “$1” in - rh\_status\_q - rh\_status - stop - echo -n 'Stopping nginx: ’ Stopping nginx: + killproc nginx -QUIT - local RC killlevel= base pid pid\_file= delay try - RC=0 - delay=3 - try=0 - ‘[’ 2 -eq 0 ‘]’ - ‘[’ nginx = -p ‘]’ - ‘[’ nginx = -d ‘]’ - ‘[’ -n -QUIT ‘]’ - killlevel=-QUIT - base=nginx - \_\_pids\_var\_run nginx ‘’ - local base=nginx - local pid\_file=/var/run/nginx.pid - pid= - ‘[’ -f /var/run/nginx.pid ‘]’ - local line p - ‘[’ ‘!’ -r /var/run/nginx.pid ‘]’ - : - read line - ‘[’ -z 25826 ‘]’ - for p in ‘$line’ - ‘[’ -z ‘’ -a -d /proc/25826 ‘]’ - pid=’ 25826’ - : - read line - ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ - break - ‘[’ -n ’ 25826’ ‘]’ - return 0 - RC=0 - ‘[’ -z ’ 25826’ ‘]’ - ‘[’ -n ’ 25826’ ‘]’ - ‘[’ color = verbose -a -z ‘’ ‘]’ - ‘[’ -z -QUIT ‘]’ - checkpid 25826 - local i - for i in ‘$\*’ - ‘[’ -d /proc/25826 ‘]’ - return 0 - kill -QUIT 25826 - RC=0 - ‘[’ 0 -eq 0 ‘]’ - success ‘nginx -QUIT’ - ‘[’ color ‘!=’ verbose -a -z ‘’ ‘]’ - echo\_success - ‘[’ color = color ‘]’ - echo -en ‘\033[60G’ + echo -n ‘[’ [+ ‘[’ color = color ‘]’ - echo -en ‘\033[0;32m’ - echo -n ’ OK ’ OK + ‘[’ color = color ‘]’ - echo -en ‘\033[0;39m’ - echo -n ‘]’ ]+ echo -ne ‘\r’ - return 0 - return 0 - ‘[’ -z -QUIT ‘]’ - return 0 - retval=0 - echo - ‘[’ 0 -eq 0 ‘]’ - rm -f /var/lock/subsys/nginx - return 0 and then : [root@server libmemcached-0.48]# sh -x /etc/init.d/nginx start - . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ++ TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts ++ umask 022 ++ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin ++ export PATH ++ ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ ++ COLUMNS=80 ++ ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ +++ /sbin/consoletype ++ CONSOLETYPE=pty ++ ‘[’ -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n -a -z ‘’ -a -z ‘’ ‘]’ ++ . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ++ unset LANGSH\_SOURCED ++ ‘[’ -z ‘’ ‘]’ ++ ‘[’ -f /etc/sysconfig/init ‘]’ ++ . /etc/sysconfig/init +++ BOOTUP=color +++ RES\_COL=60 +++ MOVE\_TO\_COL=‘echo -en \033[60G’ +++ SETCOLOR\_SUCCESS=‘echo -en \033[0;32m’ +++ SETCOLOR\_FAILURE=‘echo -en \033[0;31m’ +++ SETCOLOR\_WARNING=‘echo -en \033[0;33m’ +++ SETCOLOR\_NORMAL=‘echo -en \033[0;39m’ +++ PROMPT=yes +++ AUTOSWAP=no +++ ACTIVE\_CONSOLES=’/dev/tty[1-6]’ +++ SINGLE=/sbin/sushell ++ ‘[’ pty = serial ‘]’ ++ \_\_sed\_discard\_ignored\_files=’/(~|.bak|.orig|.rpmnew|.rpmorig|.rpmsave)$/d’ - . /etc/sysconfig/network ++ NETWORKING=yes ++ HOSTNAME=server.ghoghnooschat.ir ++ GATEWAY=144.76.228.1 - ‘[’ yes = no ‘]’ - nginx=/usr/sbin/nginx ++ basename /usr/sbin/nginx - prog=nginx - NGINX\_CONF\_FILE=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf - lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/nginx - case “$1” in - rh\_status\_q - rh\_status - exit 0 and my nginx don’t start! what should i do ?