Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Installing the script

Placing the file in the init.d directory does not complete our work. There are additional steps that will be required for enabling the service. First of all, you need to make the script executable. So far, it is only a piece of text that the system refuses to run. Granting executable permissions on the script is done with the chmod command:

[[e-mail] ~]# chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx

If you created the file as the root user, you will need to be logged in as root to change the file permissions.

At this point, you should already be able to start the service using service nginx start or /etc/init.d/nginx start, as well as stopping, restarting, or reloading the service.

The last step here will be to make it so the script ...