=encoding utf-8


=head1 Name


configure - Building nginx from Sources


=head1



The build is configured using the C<configure> command.
It defines various aspects of the system, including the methods nginx
is allowed to use for connection processing.
At the end it creates a F<Makefile>.





The C<configure> command supports the following parameters:






=over



=item 
C<--help>





prints a help message.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--prefix=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory that will keep server files.
This same directory will also be used for all relative paths set by
C<configure> (except for paths to libraries sources)
and in the F<nginx.conf> configuration file.
It is set to the F<E<sol>usrE<sol>localE<sol>nginx> directory by default.



=item 
C<--sbin-path=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of an nginx executable file.
This name is used only during installation.
By default the file is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>sbinE<sol>nginx>.



=item 
C<--modules-path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory where nginx dynamic modules will be installed.
By default the F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>modules> directory is used.



=item 
C<--conf-path=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of an F<nginx.conf> configuration file.
If needs be, nginx can always be started with a different configuration file,
by specifying it in the command-line parameter
C<-c I<C<file>>>.
By default the file is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>confE<sol>nginx.conf>.



=item 
C<--error-log-path=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of the primary error, warnings, and diagnostic file.
After installation, the file name can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_core_module> directive.
By default the file is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>logsE<sol>error.log>.



=item 
C<--pid-path=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of an F<nginx.pid> file
that will store the process ID of the main process.
After installation, the file name can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_core_module> directive.
By default the file is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>logsE<sol>nginx.pid>.



=item 
C<--lock-path=I<C<path>>>





sets a prefix for the names of lock files.
After installation, the value can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_core_module> directive.
By default the value is
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>logsE<sol>nginx.lock>.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--user=I<C<name>>>





sets the name of an unprivileged user whose credentials will be used
by worker processes.
After installation, the name can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_core_module> directive.
The default user name is nobody.



=item 
C<--group=I<C<name>>>





sets the name of a group whose credentials will be used
by worker processes.
After installation, the name can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_core_module> directive.
By default, a group name is set to the name of an unprivileged user.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--build=I<C<name>>>





sets an optional nginx build name.



=item 
C<--builddir=I<C<path>>>





sets a build directory.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-select_module>


C<--without-select_module>





enables or disables building a module that allows the server to work
with the C<select> method.
This module is built automatically if the platform does not appear
to support more appropriate methods such as kqueue, epoll, or E<sol>devE<sol>poll.



=item 
C<--with-poll_module>


C<--without-poll_module>





enables or disables building a module that allows the server to work
with the C<poll> method.
This module is built automatically if the platform does not appear
to support more appropriate methods such as kqueue, epoll, or E<sol>devE<sol>poll.



=item 
C<--with-threads>





enables the use of
L<thread pools|ngx_core_module>.



=item 
C<--with-file-aio>





enables the use of
L<asynchronous file IE<sol>O|ngx_http_core_module>
(AIO) on FreeBSD and Linux.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-http_ssl_module>





enables building a module that adds the
L<HTTPS protocol support|ngx_http_ssl_module>
to an HTTP server.
This module is not built by default.
The OpenSSL library is required to build and run this module.



=item 
C<--with-http_v2_module>





enables building a module that provides support for
L<HTTPE<sol>2|ngx_http_v2_module>.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_v3_module>





enables building a module that provides support for
L<HTTPE<sol>3|ngx_http_v3_module>.
This module is not built by default.
An SSL library that provides HTTPE<sol>3 support
is recommended to build and run this module, such as
L<BoringSSL|https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl>,
L<LibreSSL|https://www.libressl.org>, or
L<QuicTLS|https://github.com/quictls/openssl>.
Otherwise, if using the OpenSSL library,
OpenSSL compatibility layer will be used
that does not support QUIC
L<early data|ngx_http_ssl_module>.



=item 
C<--with-http_realip_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_realip_module|ngx_http_realip_module>
module that changes the client address to the address
sent in the specified header field.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_addition_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_addition_module|ngx_http_addition_module>
module that adds text before and after a response.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_xslt_module>


C<--with-http_xslt_module=dynamic>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_xslt_module|ngx_http_xslt_module>
module that transforms XML responses using one or more XSLT stylesheets.
This module is not built by default.
The L<libxml2|http://xmlsoft.org> and
L<libxslt|http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/> libraries
are required to build and run this module.



=item 
C<--with-http_image_filter_module>


C<--with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_image_filter_module|ngx_http_image_filter_module>
module that transforms images in JPEG, GIF, PNG, and WebP formats.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_geoip_module>


C<--with-http_geoip_module=dynamic>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_geoip_module|ngx_http_geoip_module>
module that creates variables depending on the client IP address
and the precompiled
L<MaxMind|http://www.maxmind.com> databases.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_sub_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_sub_module|ngx_http_sub_module>
module that modifies a response by replacing one specified string by another.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_dav_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_dav_module|ngx_http_dav_module>
module that provides file management automation via the WebDAV protocol.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_flv_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_flv_module|ngx_http_flv_module>
module that provides pseudo-streaming server-side support
for Flash Video (FLV) files.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_mp4_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_mp4_module|ngx_http_mp4_module>
module that provides pseudo-streaming server-side support
for MP4 files.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_gunzip_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_gunzip_module|ngx_http_gunzip_module>
module that decompresses responses
with “C<Content-Encoding: gzip>”
for clients that do not support “gzip” encoding method.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_gzip_static_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_gzip_static_module|ngx_http_gzip_static_module>
module that enables sending precompressed files
with the “C<.gz>” filename extension instead of regular files.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_auth_request_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_auth_request_module|ngx_http_auth_request_module>
module that implements client authorization
based on the result of a subrequest.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_random_index_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_random_index_module|ngx_http_random_index_module>
module that processes requests
ending with the slash character (‘C<E<sol>>’) and picks a random
file in a directory to serve as an index file.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_secure_link_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_secure_link_module|ngx_http_secure_link_module>
module.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_degradation_module>





enables building the
C<ngx_http_degradation_module> module.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_slice_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_slice_module|ngx_http_slice_module>
module that splits a request into subrequests,
each returning a certain range of response.
The module provides more effective caching of big responses.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-http_stub_status_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_http_stub_status_module|ngx_http_stub_status_module>
module that provides access to basic status information.
This module is not built by default.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--without-http_charset_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_charset_module|ngx_http_charset_module>
module that adds the specified charset to the
C<Content-Type> response header field
and can additionally convert data from one charset to another.



=item 
C<--without-http_gzip_module>





disables building a module
that L<compresses responses|ngx_http_gzip_module>
of an HTTP server.
The zlib library is required to build and run this module.



=item 
C<--without-http_ssi_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_ssi_module|ngx_http_ssi_module>
module that processes SSI (Server Side Includes) commands in responses
passing through it.



=item 
C<--without-http_userid_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_userid_module|ngx_http_userid_module>
module that sets cookies suitable for client identification.



=item 
C<--without-http_access_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_access_module|ngx_http_access_module>
module that allows limiting access to certain client addresses.



=item 
C<--without-http_auth_basic_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_auth_basic_module|ngx_http_auth_basic_module>
module that allows limiting access to resources by validating the user name
and password using the “HTTP Basic Authentication” protocol.



=item 
C<--without-http_mirror_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_mirror_module|ngx_http_mirror_module>
module that implements mirroring of an original request
by creating background mirror subrequests.



=item 
C<--without-http_autoindex_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_autoindex_module|ngx_http_autoindex_module>
module that processes requests
ending with the slash character (‘C<E<sol>>’) and produces
a directory listing in case the
L<ngx_http_index_module|ngx_http_index_module> module
cannot find an index file.



=item 
C<--without-http_geo_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_geo_module|ngx_http_geo_module>
module that creates variables
with values depending on the client IP address.



=item 
C<--without-http_map_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_map_module|ngx_http_map_module>
module that creates variables
with values depending on values of other variables.



=item 
C<--without-http_split_clients_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_split_clients_module|ngx_http_split_clients_module>
module that creates variables for AE<sol>B testing.



=item 
C<--without-http_referer_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_referer_module|ngx_http_referer_module>
module that can block access to a site for requests with invalid values
in the C<Referer> header field.



=item 
C<--without-http_rewrite_module>





disables building a module that allows an HTTP server to
L<redirect requests and change URI
of requests|ngx_http_rewrite_module>.
The PCRE library is required to build and run this module.



=item 
C<--without-http_proxy_module>





disables building an HTTP server
L<proxying module|ngx_http_proxy_module>.



=item 
C<--without-http_fastcgi_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_fastcgi_module|ngx_http_fastcgi_module>
module that passes requests to a FastCGI server.



=item 
C<--without-http_uwsgi_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_uwsgi_module|ngx_http_uwsgi_module>
module that passes requests to a uwsgi server.



=item 
C<--without-http_scgi_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_scgi_module|ngx_http_scgi_module>
module that passes requests to an SCGI server.



=item 
C<--without-http_grpc_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_grpc_module|ngx_http_grpc_module>
module that passes requests to a gRPC server.



=item 
C<--without-http_memcached_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_memcached_module|ngx_http_memcached_module>
module that obtains responses from a memcached server.



=item 
C<--without-http_limit_conn_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_limit_conn_module|ngx_http_limit_conn_module>
module that limits the number of connections per key, for example,
the number of connections from a single IP address.



=item 
C<--without-http_limit_req_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_limit_req_module|ngx_http_limit_req_module>
module that limits the request processing rate per key, for example,
the processing rate of requests coming from a single IP address.



=item 
C<--without-http_empty_gif_module>





disables building a module that
L<emits single-pixel
transparent GIF|ngx_http_empty_gif_module>.



=item 
C<--without-http_browser_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_http_browser_module|ngx_http_browser_module>
module that creates variables whose values depend on the value of the
C<User-Agent> request header field.



=item 
C<--without-http_upstream_hash_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_http_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-http_upstream_ip_hash_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_http_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-http_upstream_least_conn_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_http_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-http_upstream_random_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_http_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-http_upstream_keepalive_module>





disables building a module that provides
L<caching of
connections|ngx_http_upstream_module> to upstream servers.



=item 
C<--without-http_upstream_zone_module>





disables building a module that makes it possible to store run-time state
of an upstream group in a shared memory
L<ngx_http_upstream_module>.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-http_perl_module>


C<--with-http_perl_module=dynamic>





enables building the
L<embedded Perl module|ngx_http_perl_module>.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-perl_modules_path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory that will keep Perl modules.



=item 
C<--with-perl=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of the Perl binary.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--http-log-path=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of the primary request log file of the HTTP server.
After installation, the file name can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_http_log_module> directive.
By default the file is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>logsE<sol>access.log>.



=item 
C<--http-client-body-temp-path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory for storing temporary files
that hold client request bodies.
After installation, the directory can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_http_core_module>
directive.
By default the directory is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>client_body_temp>.



=item 
C<--http-proxy-temp-path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory for storing temporary files
with data received from proxied servers.
After installation, the directory can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_http_proxy_module>
directive.
By default the directory is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>proxy_temp>.



=item 
C<--http-fastcgi-temp-path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory for storing temporary files
with data received from FastCGI servers.
After installation, the directory can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_http_fastcgi_module>
directive.
By default the directory is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>fastcgi_temp>.



=item 
C<--http-uwsgi-temp-path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory for storing temporary files
with data received from uwsgi servers.
After installation, the directory can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_http_uwsgi_module>
directive.
By default the directory is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>uwsgi_temp>.



=item 
C<--http-scgi-temp-path=I<C<path>>>





defines a directory for storing temporary files
with data received from SCGI servers.
After installation, the directory can always be changed in the
F<nginx.conf> configuration file using the
L<ngx_http_scgi_module>
directive.
By default the directory is named
F<I<C<prefix>>E<sol>scgi_temp>.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--without-http>





disables the L<HTTP|ngx_http_core_module> server.



=item 
C<--without-http-cache>





disables HTTP cache.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-mail>


C<--with-mail=dynamic>





enables POP3E<sol>IMAP4E<sol>SMTP
L<mail proxy|ngx_mail_core_module> server.



=item 
C<--with-mail_ssl_module>





enables building a module that adds the
L<SSLE<sol>TLS protocol support|ngx_mail_ssl_module>
to the mail proxy server.
This module is not built by default.
The OpenSSL library is required to build and run this module.



=item 
C<--without-mail_pop3_module>





disables the L<POP3|ngx_mail_pop3_module> protocol
in mail proxy server.



=item 
C<--without-mail_imap_module>





disables the L<IMAP|ngx_mail_imap_module> protocol
in mail proxy server.



=item 
C<--without-mail_smtp_module>





disables the L<SMTP|ngx_mail_smtp_module> protocol
in mail proxy server.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-stream>


C<--with-stream=dynamic>





enables building the
L<stream module|ngx_stream_core_module>
for generic TCPE<sol>UDP proxying and load balancing.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-stream_ssl_module>





enables building a module that adds the
L<SSLE<sol>TLS protocol support|ngx_stream_ssl_module>
to the stream module.
This module is not built by default.
The OpenSSL library is required to build and run this module.



=item 
C<--with-stream_realip_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_stream_realip_module|ngx_stream_realip_module>
module that changes the client address to the address
sent in the PROXY protocol header.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-stream_geoip_module>


C<--with-stream_geoip_module=dynamic>





enables building the
L<ngx_stream_geoip_module|ngx_stream_geoip_module>
module that creates variables depending on the client IP address
and the precompiled
L<MaxMind|http://www.maxmind.com> databases.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-stream_ssl_preread_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_stream_ssl_preread_module|ngx_stream_ssl_preread_module>
module that allows extracting information from the
L<ClientHello|https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5246#section-7.4.1.2>
message without terminating SSLE<sol>TLS.
This module is not built by default.



=item 
C<--without-stream_limit_conn_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_limit_conn_module|ngx_stream_limit_conn_module>
module that limits the number of connections per key, for example,
the number of connections from a single IP address.



=item 
C<--without-stream_access_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_access_module|ngx_stream_access_module>
module that allows limiting access to certain client addresses.



=item 
C<--without-stream_geo_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_geo_module|ngx_stream_geo_module>
module that creates variables
with values depending on the client IP address.



=item 
C<--without-stream_map_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_map_module|ngx_stream_map_module>
module that creates variables
with values depending on values of other variables.



=item 
C<--without-stream_split_clients_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_split_clients_module|ngx_stream_split_clients_module>
module that creates variables for AE<sol>B testing.



=item 
C<--without-stream_return_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_return_module|ngx_stream_return_module>
module that sends some specified value to the client
and then closes the connection.



=item 
C<--without-stream_set_module>





disables building the
L<ngx_stream_set_module|ngx_stream_set_module>
module that sets a value for a variable.



=item 
C<--without-stream_upstream_hash_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_stream_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-stream_upstream_least_conn_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_stream_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-stream_upstream_random_module>





disables building a module that implements the
L<ngx_stream_upstream_module>
load balancing method.



=item 
C<--without-stream_upstream_zone_module>





disables building a module that makes it possible to store run-time state
of an upstream group in a shared memory
L<ngx_stream_upstream_module>.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-google_perftools_module>





enables building the
L<ngx_google_perftools_module|ngx_google_perftools_module>
module that enables profiling of nginx worker processes using
L<Google Performance Tools|https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools>.
The module is intended for nginx developers and is not built by default.



=item 
C<--with-cpp_test_module>





enables building the
C<ngx_cpp_test_module> module.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--add-module=I<C<path>>>





enables an external module.



=item 
C<--add-dynamic-module=I<C<path>>>





enables an external dynamic module.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-compat>





enables dynamic modules compatibility.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-cc=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of the C compiler.



=item 
C<--with-cpp=I<C<path>>>





sets the name of the C preprocessor.



=item 
C<--with-cc-opt=I<C<parameters>>>





sets additional parameters that will be added to the CFLAGS variable.
When using the system PCRE library under FreeBSD,
C<--with-cc-opt="-I E<sol>usrE<sol>localE<sol>include">
should be specified.
If the number of files supported by C<select> needs to be
increased it can also be specified here such as this:
C<--with-cc-opt="-D FD_SETSIZE=2048">.



=item 
C<--with-ld-opt=I<C<parameters>>>





sets additional parameters that will be used during linking.
When using the system PCRE library under FreeBSD,
C<--with-ld-opt="-L E<sol>usrE<sol>localE<sol>lib">
should be specified.



=item 
C<--with-cpu-opt=I<C<cpu>>>





enables building per specified CPU:
C<pentium>, C<pentiumpro>,
C<pentium3>, C<pentium4>,
C<athlon>, C<opteron>,
C<sparc32>, C<sparc64>,
C<ppc64>.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--without-pcre>





disables the usage of the PCRE library.



=item 
C<--with-pcre>





forces the usage of the PCRE library.



=item 
C<--with-pcre=I<C<path>>>





sets the path to the sources of the PCRE library.
The library distribution needs to be downloaded from the
L<PCRE|http://www.pcre.org> site and extracted.
The rest is done by nginx’s C<.E<sol>configure> and
C<make>.
The library is required for regular expressions support in the
L<ngx_http_core_module> directive
and for the
L<ngx_http_rewrite_module|ngx_http_rewrite_module>
module.



=item 
C<--with-pcre-opt=I<C<parameters>>>





sets additional build options for PCRE.



=item 
C<--with-pcre-jit>





builds the PCRE library with
“just-in-time compilation” support (1.1.12, the
L<ngx_core_module> directive).



=item 
C<--without-pcre2>





disables use of the PCRE2 library
instead of the original PCRE library (1.21.5).




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-zlib=I<C<path>>>





sets the path to the sources of the zlib library.
The library distribution (version
1.1.3E<mdash>1.2.11) needs to be downloaded from the
L<zlib|http://zlib.net> site and extracted.
The rest is done by nginx’s C<.E<sol>configure> and
C<make>.
The library is required for the
L<ngx_http_gzip_module|ngx_http_gzip_module> module.



=item 
C<--with-zlib-opt=I<C<parameters>>>





sets additional build options for zlib.



=item 
C<--with-zlib-asm=I<C<cpu>>>





enables the use of the zlib assembler sources optimized
for one of the specified CPUs:
C<pentium>, C<pentiumpro>.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-libatomic>





forces the libatomic_ops library usage.



=item 
C<--with-libatomic=I<C<path>>>





sets the path to the libatomic_ops library sources.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-openssl=I<C<path>>>





sets the path to the OpenSSL library sources.



=item 
C<--with-openssl-opt=I<C<parameters>>>





sets additional build options for OpenSSL.




=back








=over



=item 
C<--with-debug>





enables the L<debugging log|debugging_log>.




=back







Example of parameters usage (all of this needs to be typed in one line):

    
    ./configure
        --sbin-path=/usr/local/nginx/nginx
        --conf-path=/usr/local/nginx/nginx.conf
        --pid-path=/usr/local/nginx/nginx.pid
        --with-http_ssl_module
        --with-pcre=../pcre2-10.39
        --with-zlib=../zlib-1.2.11







After configuration,
nginx is compiled and installed using C<make>.




