Ubuntu Upstart¶

Legacy

Upstart is legacy. Modern Ubuntu uses systemd. See Systemd.

Upstart Configuration¶

Save as /etc/init/nginx.conf:

# nginx

description "nginx http daemon"
author "George Shammas <[email protected]>"

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

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

exec $DAEMON

Commands¶

Reload configuration:

initctl reload-configuration

Check status:

initctl list | grep nginx

Start NGINX:

initctl start nginx

Configuration Notes¶

respawn - Keeps NGINX master process alive
expect fork - Tracks NGINX after forking
respawn limit 10 5 - Stop if respawned >10 times in 5 seconds
pre-start script - Tests config before starting