What to do if nginx cannot be started under centos system

Problem:

After installing nginx from the source code, the following error is reported when starting "

Failed to start nginx.service: Unit not found.

Solution:

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At this time we need to create the nginx file in the system service directory.

vi /lib/systemd/system/nginx.service

Then copy the following content

[Unit]
Description=nginx
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx
ExecReload=/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -s reload
ExecStop=/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -s quit
PrivateTmp=true
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After completion, execute the following command to start the service successfully.

systemctl start nginx.service

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