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)
• Image filter module / empty_gif module for Matomo Analytics

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)
• ngx_http_geoip2_module with libmaxminddb and GeoLite2 databases
• Mod Security (web application firewall)
• OWASP Mod Security CSR (OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set)
• 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/benhartwich/nginx-autoinstall/master/nginx-autoinstall.sh
chmod +x nginx-autoinstall.sh
./nginx-autoinstall.sh

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.

Log file

A log file is created when running the script. It is located at /tmp/nginx-autoinstall.log.

LICENSE

GPL v3.0