Installing NGINX from source

--prefix=<path>

The root of the installation. All other installation paths are relative to this one.

--sbin-path=<path>

The path to the nginx binary. If not specified, this will be relative to the prefix.

--conf-path=<path>

The path to where nginx will look for its configuration file, if not specified on the command line.

--error-log-path=<path>

This is where nginx will write its error logfile, unless configured otherwise.

--pid-path=<path>

This is where nginx will write the pid file of the master process, usually under /var/run.

--lock-path=<path>

The path to the shared memory mutex lock file.

--user=<user>

The user under which the worker processes should run.

--group=<group>

The group under which the worker processes should run.

--with-file-aio

Enables asynchronous I/O for FreeBSD 4.3+ and Linux 2.6.22+.

--with-debug

This option will enable debug logging. Not recommended for production systems.

--with-cc=<path>

If you would like to set a C compiler that is not in your default PATH.

--with-cpp=<path>

This is the corresponding path to the C preprocessor.

--with-cc-opt=<options>

Here is where the path to the necessary include files may be indicated (-I<path>), as well as optimizations (-O4) and specifying a 64-bit build.

--with-ld-opt=<options>

The options to the linker include library path (-L<path>) and run path (-R<path>).

--with-cpu-opt=<cpu>

A build specific to a particular CPU family may be specified with this option.

--with-mail

This will enable the mail module, which is not activated by default.

--with-mail_ssl_module

In order to proxy any kind of mail transaction that uses SSL/TLS, this module will need to be activated.

--without-mail_pop3_module

When enabling the mail module, the POP3 module may be disabled separately.

--without-mail_imap_module

When enabling the mail module, the IMAP module may be disabled separately.

--without-mail_smtp_module

When enabling the mail module, the SMTP module may be disabled separately.

--without-http

This option will completely disable the http module; use it if you know you only want to compile in mail support.

--without-http-cache

When using the upstream module, NGINX can be configured to cache the contents locally. This option disables that cache.

--with-http_perl_module

NGINX configuration can be extended by using Perl code. This option activates that module. (Use of this module, however, degrades performance when blocking I/O is done.)

--with-perl_modules_path=<path>

This option specifies the path to additional Perl modules needed for using the embedded Perl interpreter. It may also be specified as a configuration option.

--with-perl=<path>

The path to Perl (Version 5.6.1 and higher), if not found on the default path.

--http-log-path=<path>

The default path to the HTTP access log.

--http-client-body-temp-path=<path>

When receiving the request from the client, this is the directory used as a temporary location for the body of that request. If the WebDAV module is enabled, it is recommended to set this path to be on the same filesystem as the final destination.

--http-proxy-temp-path=<path>

When proxying, this is the directory used as a location to store temporary files.

--http-fastcgi-temp-path=<path>

The location for FastCGI temporary files.

--http-uwsgi-temp-path=<path>

The location for uWSGI temporary files.

--http-scgi-temp-path=<path>

The location for SCGI temporary files.