INSTALL

Installation

To proper install nginx, we will need to install the configuration files of nginx
sudo aptitude install nginx-common

Here are the mandatory options to pass to configure in order to have a proper install (just like through the package)
./configure --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
--prefix=/etc/nginx \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
--lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock \
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \
--with-http_ssl_module \
--with-http_gzip_static_module \
--add-module=<passenger-path>

To find the path of passenger module, just run
passenger-config --nginx-addon-dir

Configuration

If you follow the step before, the installation will be the same as if you install the packages.
You just need to change the configuration files under /etc/nginx.

Start/Stop

To start
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

To stop
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx stop

SSL

https://letsencrypt.org/