Let’s jump right into it | how to install Nginx on CentOS server!
Specification:
OS Version: CentOs 8.2 x64
Nginx version: nginx/1.14.1
OS Version: CentOs 8.2 x64
Nginx version: nginx/1.14.1
Update OS:
[root@bluegrid-edu ~]# yum update
Install nginx:
[root@bluegrid-edu ~]# yum install nginx
Start the service:
[root@bluegrid-edu ~]# systemctl start nginx
Make sure it’s running:
[root@bluegrid-edu ~]# systemctl status nginx
Let’s just make sure it start automatically when the server is rebooted:
[root@bluegrid-edu ~]# systemctl enable nginx
Voila!
Now we have the Nginx installed and running. We can confirm that it serves the HTTP properly with the following command:
[root@bluegrid-edu ~]# curl -I http://bluegrid.io
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.14.1
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 20:02:26 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 4057
Last-Modified: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:16:24 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
ETag: "5d9bab28-fd9"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
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