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=Running Nginx as SMF service=

In this section we will configure our Nginx Web server to run at Solaris 10 bootup , and to achieve this we will
use Solaris 10 SMF feature, and to simplify the process I've created the necessary files for that purpose.

 bash-3.00# '''vi /lib/svc/method/svc-nginx'''

And put the following inside the file :

 #!/bin/sh
 NGINX_CMD="/opt/local/nginx/sbin/nginx"
 NGINX_CONF="/opt/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf"
 RETVAL=0
 start() {
    echo "Starting Nginx Web Server: \c"
    $NGINX_CMD -c $NGINX_CONF &
    RETVAL=$?
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo "ok" || echo "failed"
    return $RETVAL
 }
 stop() {
    echo "Stopping Nginx Web Server: \c"
    NGINX_PID=`ps -ef |grep $NGINX_CMD |grep -v grep |awk '{print $2}'`
    kill $NGINX_PID
    RETVAL=$?
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo "ok" || echo "failed"
    return $RETVAL
 }
 case "$1" in
    start)
       start
       ;;
    stop)
       stop
       ;;
    restart)
       stop
       start
       ;;
    *)
       echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
       exit 1
 esac
 exit $RETVAL

After that modify the following permissions as follows :

 bash-3.00# '''chown root:bin /lib/svc/method/svc-nginx && chmod 555 /lib/svc/method/svc-nginx'''

Now create a manifest file :

 bash-3.00# '''vi /var/svc/manifest/network/nginx.xml'''

Inside the file , put the following :

 <?xml version="1.0"?> 
 
 <!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM "/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1"> 
 
 <!--author: alex harvey based on the Sun ssh.xml manifest -->  
 
 <service_bundle type='manifest' name='nginx'> 
 
 <service name='network/nginx' type='service' version='1'>
 
 <create_default_instance enabled='false' /> 
 
 <single_instance />
 
 <exec_method type='method' name='start' exec='/lib/svc/method/svc-nginx start' timeout_seconds='60'/>
 
 <exec_method type='method' name='stop' exec='/lib/svc/method/svc-nginx stop' timeout_seconds='60' />
 
 <exec_method type='method' name='restart' exec='/lib/svc/method/svc-nginx restart' timeout_seconds='60' /> 
 
 <stability value='stable' /> 
 
 <template> 
 
 <common_name>
 
 <loctext xml:lang='C'> Nginx 0.7.64 </loctext> 
 
 </common_name> <documentation> 
 
 <manpage title='nginx' section='8' manpath='/usr/share/man' /> 
 
 </documentation> </template> </service> </service_bundle>

Fix the permissions as previously done with svc-nginx :

 bash-3.00# '''chmod 444 /var/svc/manifest/network/nginx.xml'''
 bash-3.00# '''chown root:sys /var/svc/manifest/network/nginx.xml'''

Then import the manifest file into our SMF database :

 bash-3.00# '''svccfg -v import /var/svc/manifest/network/nginx.xml'''

Finally enable the service to start automatically at Solaris Bootup :

 bash-3.00# '''svcadm enable nginx'''