Ubuntu Upstart¶

Save this file as /etc/init/nginx.conf

# nginx

description "nginx http daemon"
author "George Shammas <georgyo@gmail.com>"

start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

env DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nginx
env PID=/var/run/nginx.pid

expect fork
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
#oom never

pre-start script
        $DAEMON -t
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
                then exit $?
        fi
end script

exec $DAEMON

respawn tells upstart to keep NGINX master process alive and expect fork tracks NGINX after the fork. pre-start script helps say when the services fails

respawn limit tells that if the process is respawned more than 10 times within an interval of 5 seconds, the process will be stopped automatically, and not restarted (the default upstart value).

First reload the Upstart configuration

# initctl reload-configuration

Then check the upstart job list:

# initctl list | grep nginx

and start the job:

# initctl start nginx