把以下脚本保存为nginx文件放入/etc/init.d/nginx

然后可以通过
/etc/init.d/nginx start 命令启动nginx
/etc/init.d/nginx stop 命令停止nginx
/etc/init.d/nginx restart 命令重启nginx

开机自动启动nginx，

如果需要开机启动服务，保存好 /etc/init.d/nginx文件后，

执行以下命令:

chkconfig --add ningx

chkconfig --level nginx 2345 on

你也可以直接下载nginx启动停止脚本

---------------------分割线下是脚本内容，红色字体需要你修改-------------------------------------------
#! /bin/sh

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DESC="nginx daemon"
NAME=nginx
DAEMON=/usr/local/nginx/sbin/$NAME
CONFIGFILE=/usr/local/nginx/conf/$NAME.conf
PIDFILE=/usr/local/nginx/logs/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

set -e
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

do_start() {
$DAEMON -c $CONFIGFILE || echo -n "nginx already running"
}

do_stop() {
kill -INT `cat $PIDFILE` || echo -n "nginx not running"
}

do_reload() {
kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE` || echo -n "nginx can't reload"
}

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
do_start
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
do_stop
echo "."
;;
reload|graceful)
echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration..."
do_reload
echo "."
;;
restart)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
do_stop
do_start
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|reload|restart}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

exit 0