How to quickly install nginx under Windows and configure it to start automatically

Nginx is already a commonly used tool in our daily development. Simple and fast installation and configuration greatly reduces the time wasted on deployment and debugging. This article introduces nginx正常安裝流程，以及開機自啟動配置. Remember to collect it in advance. Don't regret it when you need it~

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1. Nginx installation and startup process under Windows system:

這是我們在正常環境中，Windows下Nginx的安裝及啟動方式

1. Download the corresponding version from the nginx official website (http://nginx.org/en/download.html). I put it in D:\work\nginx\ path for decompression.

2. Start Nginx in two ways:

Just double-click nginx.exe, you will see a black pop-up window flash by, and the startup is complete. Open the cmd command window, switch to the nginx directory, enter the command nginx.exe or start nginx, and press Enter.

3. Check whether nginx is started successfully.

Directly enter the URL http://localhost:80 in the browser address bar and press Enter. The following page will appear, indicating that the startup is successful.

You can also enter the command tasklist /fi "imagename eq nginx.exe" in the cmd command window. If the following result appears, it means the startup is successful.

4. Shut down nginx

If you use the cmd command window to start nginx,關閉掉cmd窗口will not end the nginx process. You can use two methods to shut down nginx

Enter the nginx command nginx -s stop (quickly shut down nginx) or nginx -s quit (completely shut down nginx and keep the operation log) on ​​the cmd command line.

However, in our actual deployment process, the machine often crashes. Once the machine crashes and the nginx service is restarted, it will be gone. Do手動重新打開？ That doesn't exist. If I had that much time, wouldn't it be nice for me to go and touch some fish?

Therefore, it is particularly important for nginx to start automatically at boot.

2. Set Nginx to start automatically at boot

We use the Windows Service Wrapper gadget to convert Nginx into a Windows service, and configure automatic startup in the service center so that Windows automatically starts the Nginx service when it boots up.

1. Download the self-starting tool

Tool download URL: https://github.com/winsw/winsw/releases

As shown below, it is the tool file for windows32位和64位

The above github requires external network access for faster speed. For students who don’t have external network, I have downloaded it for you. Please download it by yourself~

32-bit: Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1M5A5pWzQopqAsNRUxUL_AA Extraction code: a6kf

64-bit: Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Qv00LQOiW_CTyIHqY1wzlA Extraction code: cay8

2. Install the auto-start tool

Step 1 : After downloading, put the tool into the Nginx installation directory and重命名為nginx-service.exe ;

Step 2 : Create a new service log folder server-logs folder in the nginx installation directory to store nginx service related logs.

Step 3 : Create a new nginx-service.xml file in this directory and write the configuration information. After the configuration is completed, you can use this to register Nginx as a Windows service.

The file configuration content is as follows: the key points include three, log file location, startup command, and shutdown command; my nginx directory is: D:\work\nginx\nginx-1.18.0 , students can make corresponding modifications according to their own directories.

<!-- nginx-service.xml -->
<service>
    <id>nginx</id>
    <name>nginx</name>
    <description>nginx</description>
    <logpath>D:\work\nginx\nginx-1.18.0\server-logs\</logpath>
    <logmode>roll</logmode>
    <depend></depend>
    <executable>D:\work\nginx\nginx-1.18.0\nginx.exe</executable>
    <stopexecutable>D:\work\nginx\nginx-1.18.0\nginx.exe -s stop</stopexecutable>
</service>

3. Add nginx to the windows service

After the above content is configured, run the command as an administrator in the nginx installation directory: .\nginx-service.exe install to successfully register it as a Windows service. At this time we can view the nginx service in the services of Windows Task Manager.

The subsequent modification process of Windows services should be clear to the students. Just change the startup mode to automatic;

Then start the nginx service

After startup, check whether the startup is successful through http://localhost:80 or command tasklist /fi "imagename eq nginx.exe"

Appendix: Other commands of the tool

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