Nginx is a web server used to run web pages, similar to the Apache HTTP server with high performance. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Nginx on CentOS!
First, because the CentOS default Repository does not contain Nginx’s installation package, you need to add a new repository named Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL repository) to your operating system, by running the following command :
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sudo yum install epel-release |
Enter Y to continue!
Result:
Now you can install Nginx.
Please run the following command!
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sudo yum install nginx |
Enter Y to continue.
Installation successful:
Now, let’s start Nginx:
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sudo systemctl start nginx |
To check the results, you can open your browser and request to the following address:
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http://<domain_or_ip_server>/ |
If you see the browser displays the following, then you have successfully installed Nginx:
If you want Nginx to automatically start when we start the OS, let’s run the following command:
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sudo systemctl enable nginx |
If your server is using a firewall, then enable allow for users to access the port of http and https:
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sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http |
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sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https |
Reload the firewall configuration:
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sudo firewall-cmd --reload |
