Below is a bash script that will automatically configure nginx to work with mono to display mvc5 razor or web form sites.
Note that the script assumes you have a clean install. If the default nginx config file as been modified this will not work.
You will need to replace “examplesite.com” with the name of your site.
Tools used:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Mono 3.2.8
- Nginx 1.4.6
- Upstart
The scripts installs nginx, mono, modifies the nginx default config file to support mono fastcgi and creates an upstart service to start and monitor the site.
For more details see the following pages.
- http://www.mono-project.com/FastCGI_Nginx
- http://wiki.nginx.org/Mono
- http://sourcecodebean.com/archives/serving-your-asp-net-mvc-site-on-nginx-fastcgi-mono-server4/1617
- https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Run-ServiceStack-in-Fastcgi-hosted-on-nginx
configuremono()
{
apt-get install -y mono-devel libmono-sqlite4.0-cil sqlite3 libmysql6.4-cil
echo "configure /etc/mono/registry for use with MVC5"
rm -rf /etc/mono/registry
mkdir /etc/mono/registry
mkdir /etc/mono/registry/LocalMachine
chmod g+rwx /etc/mono/registry/
chmod g+rwx /etc/mono/registry/LocalMachine
}
configurenginxbasic()
{
apt-get install -y nginx mono-fastcgi-server
rm -rf /var/www
mkdir /var/www
ln -fs /vagrant/published-site /var/www/examplesite.com
# clear default site contents
# cp /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default-backup
> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
# config server port 80 with mono
echo "server {" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "listen 80 default_server;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "root /var/www/examplesite.com/;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "index index.html index.htm default.aspx Default.aspx Index.aspx index.aspx;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "server_name www.examplesite.com;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "location / {" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "root /var/www/examplesite.com/;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "index index.html index.htm default.aspx Default.aspx Index.aspx index.aspx;" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "}" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
echo "}" >> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
#\ntry_files $uri $uri/ =404;
service nginx reload
# upstart service script
touch /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
echo "#!/bin/bash" >> /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
echo "fastcgi-mono-server4 /applications=/:/var/www/examplesite.com/ /socket=tcp:127.0.0.1:9000" >> /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
# group www-data will need access and execute permissions for the upstart service to be able to bring up fast cgi
# See https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Run-ServiceStack-in-Fastcgi-hosted-on-nginx
chgrp www-data /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
chmod g+rwx /etc/nginx/startexamplesite
#fastcgi-mono-server4 /applications=/:/var/www/examplesite.com/ /socket=unix:/tmp/fastcgi.socket
#fastcgi-mono-server4 /applications=/:/var/www/examplesite.com/ /socket=tcp:127.0.0.1:9000
touch /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "#!upstart" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "description \"example site services\"" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "author \"Peter\"" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "start on startup" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "stop on shutdown" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "respawn" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "echo \$\$ > /var/run/examplesite.pid" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "exec /etc/nginx/startexamplesite 2>&1" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "end script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "pre-start script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "echo \"[`date`] (sys) Starting\" >> /var/log/examplesite.sys.log" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "end script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "pre-stop script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "rm /var/run/examplesite.pid" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "echo \"[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping\" >> /var/log/examplesite.sys.log" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
echo "end script" >> /etc/init/examplesite.conf
service examplesite start
#bash /etc/nginx/startexamplesite &
service nginx start
}
configuremono
configurenginxbasic
If you want to see how to create an initial mvc5 razor site see https://www.majorsilence.com/ubuntu_14.04_monodevelop_mvc5_project.