How to install Nginx in CentOS

Official documentation: https://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html#RHEL-CentOS

Installation environment: Linux server CentOS 7.3, Root privileges

1. Install the prerequisites:

sudo yum install yum-utils

2. To set up the yum repository, create the file named /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo with the following contents:

(Note to replace the OS version: $releasever, if the centos version is 7, replace it with 7)

Order:

Edit the nginx.repo file using vim

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo

Set up the Nginx yum source:

Paste the following content into the nginx.repo file

[nginx-stable]
name=nginx stable repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=true

Enter the vim command: wq to save and exit

3.To install nginx, run the following command:

sudo yum install nginx
Enter y to confirm the installation.

4. When prompted to accept the GPG key, verify that the fingerprint matches 573B FD6B 3D8F BC64 1079 A6AB ABF5 BD82 7BD9 BF62, and if so, accept it.

Finally, the fingerprint will be output. If it matches the red part above, enter y to confirm.

5. Start | Stop | Restart Nginx:

# Start systemctl start nginx.service

# Stop systemctl stop nginx.service

# Restart systemctl restart nginx.service

6. View all Nginx installation locations:

rpm is the rpm package management tool for Linux. -q stands for query mode, and -l stands for return list.

rpm -ql nginx

7. Nginx configuration file:

/etc/nginx/conf.d
/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

Summarize

The above is the method of installing Nginx under CentOS introduced by the editor. I hope it will be helpful to everyone!