Teach you how to quickly install Nginx in CentOS7

1. Overview

Nginx is an indispensable tool when we develop Java projects. Most of the time, it is used as a reverse proxy backend server to achieve load balancing and solve high concurrency.

Most of the time, Nginx installation and configuration is done by operation and maintenance personnel, but in some companies without operation and maintenance positions, developers are still needed to do this work.

Today we will explain how to quickly install Nginx on CentOS7 system without going into details.

2. Download the Nginx installation package

1) Go to the Nginx official website (https://nginx.org/) and click the download link

Screenshot from the official website

2) In the Stable version, download the latest version

Screenshot from the official website

3. Install dependency packages

In CentOS7 command line mode, enter the following commands in sequence to install the required dependency packages

yum install -y gcc-c++
yum install -y pcre pcre-devel
yum install -y zlib zlib-devel
yum install -y openssl openssl-devel

4. Copy the Nginx installation package to the CentOS7 system and decompress it

There are many ways to copy the installation package to the CentOS7 system. You can use the Xshell tool to connect to the CentOS7 system and use the rz command to upload it, or you can use Xftp or other tools to upload it.

Here we put the Nginx installation package in the /home directory.

Enter the /home directory

Enter the tar -zxvf nginx-1.20.1.tar.gz command to decompress the installation package.

5. Configure Nginx

Enter the unzipped Nginx folder, # cd nginx-1.20.1

Enter the configuration command:

./configure
--prefix=/usr/local/nginx
--pid-path=/var/local/nginx/nginx.pid
--lock-path=/var/local/nginx/nginx.lock
--error-log-path=/var/local/nginx/error.log
–http-log-path=/var/local/nginx/access.log
–with-http_gzip_static_module
–http-client-body-temp-path=/var/local/nginx/client
–http-proxy-temp-path=/var/local/nginx/proxy
–http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/local/nginx/fastcgi
–http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/local/nginx/uwsgi
–http-scgi-temp-path=/var/local/nginx/scgi

6. Compile and install

Compile, enter the command: # make

After installation and compilation is complete, enter the command: # make install

7. Start Nginx

Enter the Nginx directory: # cd /usr/local/nginx/sbin

Enter the startup command: # ./nginx

At this time, use the browser to access the IP address of the CentOS7 server, and you can see the homepage of Nginx.

8. Common commands of Nginx

Nginx forced stop command: # ./nginx -s stop

Nginx graceful stop command: # ./nginx -s quit // Graceful stop means waiting until the last interaction is completed before stopping.

Nginx checks the configuration file for errors: # ./nginx -t

Nginx reload command: # ./nginx -s reload

Check the Nginx version: # ./nginx -v

View the detailed version of Nginx: # ./nginx -V

9. Overview

The installation of Nginx is relatively simple. Later, I will introduce other uses of Nginx. Everyone is welcome to communicate more.

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