You can use the following script to auto restart the nginx on the server. The following script check the status and if it is down then it restart. You can set cron “* * * * * /bin/sh /root/autongnixrestart.sh”
#! /bin/sh
set -e
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="nginx daemon"
NAME=nginx
DAEMON= /usr/sbin/$NAME
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
d_start() {
$DAEMON || echo -n " already running"
}
d_stop() {
$DAEMON -s quit || echo -n " not running"
}
d_reload() {
$DAEMON -s reload || echo -n " could not reload"
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
d_start
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
d_stop
echo "."
;;
reload)
echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration..."
d_reload
echo "reloaded.";;
restart)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
d_stop
sleep 2
d_start
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
exit 0
