nginx-build

nginx-build - provides a command to build nginx seamlessly.

Requirements

• git and hg for downloading 3rd party modules
• patch for applying patch to nginx

Build Support

• nginx
• OpenResty
• freenginx

Installation

go install github.com/cubicdaiya/nginx-build@latest

Quick Start

nginx-build -d work

Custom Configuration

nginx-build provides a mechanism for customizing configuration for building nginx.

Configuration for building nginx

Prepare a configure script like the following.

#!/bin/sh

./configure \
--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \

Give this file to nginx-build with -c.

$ nginx-build -d work -c configure.example

About --add-module and --add-dynamic-module

nginx-build allows to use --add-module.

$ nginx-build \
-d work \
--add-module=/path/to/ngx_http_hello_world

Also, nginx-build allows to use --add-dynamic-module.

$ nginx-build \
-d work \
--add-dynamic-module=/path/to/ngx_http_hello_world

Embedding zlib statically

Give -zlib to nginx-build.

$ nginx-build -d work -zlib

-zlibversion is an option to set a version of zlib.

Embedding PCRE statically

Give -pcre to nginx-build.

$ nginx-build -d work -pcre

-pcreversion is an option to set a version of PCRE.

Embedding OpenSSL statically

Give -openssl to nginx-build.

$ nginx-build -d work -openssl

-opensslversion is an option to set a version of OpenSSL.

Embedding LibreSSL statically

Give -libressl to nginx-build.

$ nginx-build -d work -libressl

-libresslversion is an option to set a version of LibreSSL.

Embedding 3rd-party modules

nginx-build provides a mechanism for embedding 3rd-party modules. Prepare a json file below.

[
  {
    "name": "ngx_http_hello_world",
    "form": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/cubicdaiya/ngx_http_hello_world"
  }
]

Give this file to nginx-build with -m.

$ nginx-build -d work -m modules.json.example

Embedding 3rd-party module dynamically

Give true to dynamic.

[
  {
    "name": "ngx_http_hello_world",
    "form": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/cubicdaiya/ngx_http_hello_world",
    "dynamic": true
  }
]

Provision for 3rd-party module

There are some 3rd-party modules expected provision. nginx-build provides the options such as shprov and shprovdir for this problem. There is the example configuration below.

[
  {
    "name": "njs/nginx",
    "form": "hg",
    "url": "https://hg.nginx.org/njs",
    "shprov": "./configure && make",
    "shprovdir": ".."
  }
]

Applying patch before building nginx

nginx-build provides the options such as -patch and -patch-opt for applying patch to nginx.

nginx-build \
 -d work \
 -patch something.patch \
 -patch-opt "-p1"

Idempotent build

nginx-build supports a certain level of idempotent build of nginx. If you want to ensure a build of nginx idempotent and do not want to build nginx as same as already installed nginx, give -idempotent to nginx-build.

$ nginx-build -d work -idempotent

-idempotent ensures an idempotent by checking the software versions below.

• nginx
• PCRE
• zlib
• OpenSSL

On the other hand, -idempotent does not cover versions of 3rd party modules and dynamic linked libraries.

Build OpenResty

nginx-build supports to build OpenResty.

$ nginx-build -d work -openresty -pcre -openssl

If you don't install PCRE and OpenSSL on your system, it is required to add the option -pcre and -openssl.

And there is the limitation for the support of OpenResty. nginx-build does not allow to use OpenResty's unique configure options directly. If you want to use OpenResty's unique configure option, Configuration for building nginx is helpful.

Build freenginx

nginx-build supports to build freenginx.

$ nginx-build -d work -freenginx -openssl

If you don't install OpenSSL on your system, it is required to add the option -openssl.