Installing Nginx on Linux

What Can Nginx Do?

• • Static Resource Server: Supports external access to web pages/images;
• • Reverse Proxy + Load Balancing: Distributes user access requests to backend servers according to set rules;
• • …

Demonstration Environment

• • To ensure this article remains useful for as long as possible, software installations are done using specified version numbers.
• • The demonstration process in this article is validated through practical operations.

• • Operating System：OpenEuler 24.03 LTS (compatible with CentOS 6/7/8)
• • Network Status：Connected
• • Nginx Version：1.24.0
• • Installation Method：Offline compilation installation

Installation Steps

Download Nginx Installation Package

Download Option 1: Official Website

• • https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.24.0.tar.gz
• • Official directory page:https://nginx.org/en/download.html

Download Option 2: Cloud Storage (Backup)

• • https://pan.quark.cn/s/5cb591e50688

This step concludes with obtaining <span>nginx-1.24.0.tar.gz</span>

Compile and Install

Upload the offline installation package to the server.

# Install dependencies

dnf install -y gcc pcre pcre-devel openssl openssl-devel zlib zlib-devel gcc-c++ libtool

# Unpack Nginx:
tar -zxf nginx-1.24.0.tar.gz

# Compile Nginx:
cd nginx-1.24.0 && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nginx --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_gzip_static_module

# Install Nginx and delete the installation package
make && make install && cd .. && rm -rf nginx-1.24.0*

# Configure environment variables:
ln -s /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx  /usr/local/bin/
# Start nginx:
nginx

# Common Nginx commands
## Stop service
nginx -s stop

## Reload configuration file
nginx -s reload

## Check if configuration file is correct
nginx -t

At this point, the basic installation is complete.

Set to Start on Boot

Create systemd Unit File

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/nginx.service >/dev/null <<'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=nginx - high performance web server
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 stop
PrivateTmp=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Reload and Set to Start on Boot

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# Start immediately and enable on boot
sudo systemctl enable --now nginx

Verification

# Should output enabled
sudo systemctl is-enabled nginx
# Check running status
sudo systemctl status nginx

Configuration File nginx.conf

Configuration file path:<span>/usr/local/nginx/conf</span>, configure as needed; this article does not demonstrate this.

Access

# If the server does not have port 80 open, execute the following command. Purpose: Permanently allow the port (effective after reboot)
# sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp

# Reload rules
# sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Access address: http://IP:80, the interface is as follows:

At this point, the installation is complete.

Common Commands

sudo systemctl reload nginx   # Smoothly reload configuration
sudo systemctl stop nginx     # Stop
sudo systemctl start nginx    # Start

# Or
nginx -s reload
nginx -s stop
nginx -s start