How to Build nginx 1.4.0 and ngx_pagespeed in Ubuntu
Create a directory to download necessary packages (optional) :
mkdir pagespeed && cd pagespeed
Make sure that you have latest version of nginx, I recommend using nginx repo.
To add nginx repo :
wget http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key
Add this lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ codename nginx (for 12.04 codename is squeeze)
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ codename nginx
Download nginx sources and build packages :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev
sudo apt-get source nginx
Build nginx deps :
sudo apt-get build-dep nginx
Make sure you have this ngx_pagespeed requirements :
sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
Clone ngx_pagespeed git repo :
git clone https://github.com/pagespeed/ngx_pagespeed.git
Edit build rules for nginx 1.4 package :
vim nginx-1.4.0/debian/rules
and add :
--add-module=../ngx_pagespeed \
it will look like this :
...
--with-file-aio \
--add-module=../ngx_pagespeed \
$(WITH_SPDY) \
--with-ipv6
...
Build nginx 1.4.0 debian package with pagespeed module :
cd nginx-1.4.0/ && dpkg-buildpackage -b
Install new nginx deb package:
cd .. && dpkg --install nginx_1.4.0-1~squeeze_amd64.deb
If you have nginx installed you will need to remove it and then reinstall the new package ( do not use --purge options otherwise you will delete all your config files)
Add this lines to /etc/nginx.conf to test if pagespeed works :
...
http {
pagespeed on;
pagespeed FileCachePath /var/ngx_pagespeed_cache;
...
Create pagespeed cache directory and change permissions :
mkdir /var/ngx_pagespeed_cache
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/ngx_pagespeed_cache
Reload nginx :
nginx -s reload
Test if pagespeed is working :
curl -I -p http://localhost:8080/index.php|grep X-Page-Speed
make sure to use the correct url
you should see :
X-Page-Speed: 1.5.27.1-2845
If you see that header you are done enjoy!!!
Now you need to RT?M!!
For More detailed information please read :
https://github.com/pagespeed/ngx_pagespeed
http://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html#stable
Any feedback on this instructions is welcome
This process could be used to build basically any module for nginx that is not on the nginx-full or default dedian package
