Install Nginx from Source

Step-1: Install the dependencies for Nginx

sudo su -
yum -y install wget gcc gcc-c++ make zlib-devel pcre-devel openssl-devel

Step-2: Download Nginx Source Code

cd /opt
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.12.1.tar.gz

Step-3: Extract the tar balls

tar xf nginx-1.12.1.tar.gz
ln -sf nginx-1.12.1/ nginx

Step-4: Configure Nginx

cd nginx
./configure 
--user=nginx                          
--group=nginx                         
--prefix=/etc/nginx                   
--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx           
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf     
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid         
--lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock       
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log 
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log 
--with-http_gzip_static_module        
--with-http_stub_status_module        
--with-http_ssl_module                
--with-pcre                           
--with-file-aio                       
--with-http_realip_module             
--without-http_scgi_module            
--without-http_uwsgi_module           
--without-http_fastcgi_module

Step-5: Compile the Nginx Source

make
make install

Step-6: Creating user for nginx

useradd -r nginx

Step-7: Creating init.d script for Nginx at /etc/init.d/nginx

#!/bin/sh
#
# nginx - this script starts and stops the nginx daemon
#
# chkconfig:   - 85 15
# description:  Nginx is an HTTP(S) server, HTTP(S) reverse 
#               proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server
# processname: nginx
# config:      /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# pidfile:     /var/run/nginx.pid
# user:        nginx

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 0

nginx="/usr/sbin/nginx"
prog=$(basename $nginx)

NGINX_CONF_FILE="/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"

lockfile=/var/run/nginx.lock

start() {
    [ -x $nginx ] || exit 5
    [ -f $NGINX_CONF_FILE ] || exit 6
    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
    daemon $nginx -c $NGINX_CONF_FILE
    retval=$?
    echo
    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
    return $retval
}

stop() {
    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
    killproc $prog -QUIT
    retval=$?
    echo
    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
    return $retval
}

restart() {
    configtest || return $?
    stop
    start
}

reload() {
    configtest || return $?
    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
    killproc $nginx -HUP
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
}

force_reload() {
    restart
}

configtest() {
  $nginx -t -c $NGINX_CONF_FILE
}

rh_status() {
    status $prog
}

rh_status_q() {
    rh_status > /dev/null 2> &1
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        rh_status_q && exit 0
        $1
        ;;
    stop)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
        $1
        ;;
    restart|configtest)
        $1
        ;;
    reload)
        rh_status_q || exit 7
        $1
        ;;
    force-reload)
        force_reload
        ;;
    status)
        rh_status
        ;;
    condrestart|try-restart)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
            ;;
    *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload|configtest}"
        exit 2
esac

Step-8: Change permissions on the startup script

chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx

Step-9: Setting the service to satrt when the server boots

chkconfig --add nginx
chkconfig --level 345 nginx on

Step-10: Start the Nginx Server

service nginx start