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Most Linux distributions and BSD variants have NGINX in the usual package repositories and they can be installed via whatever method is normally used to install software (apt on Debian, emerge on Gentoo, ports on FreeBSD, etc).
Be aware that these packages are often somewhat out-of-date. If you want the latest features and bugfixes, it’s recommended to build from source or use packages directly from nginx.org.
To add NGINX yum repository, create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo and paste one of the configurations below:
CentOS:
[nginx]
name=nginx repo
baseurl=https://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
RHEL:
[nginx]
name=nginx repo
baseurl=https://nginx.org/packages/rhel/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
Due to differences between how CentOS, RHEL, and Scientific Linux populate the $releasever variable, it is necessary to manually replace $releasever with either 5 (for 5.x) or 6 (for 6.x), depending upon your OS version.
Ubuntu:
The available NGINX Ubuntu release support is listed at this distribution page. For a mapping of Ubuntu versions to release names, please visit the Official Ubuntu Releases page.
Append the appropriate stanza to /etc/apt/sources.list. If there is concern about persistence of repository additions (i.e. DigitalOcean Droplets), the appropriate stanza may instead be added to a different list file under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, such as /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list.
## Replace $release with your corresponding Ubuntu release.
deb https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ $release nginx
deb-src https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ $release nginx
e.g. Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa):
deb https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ focal nginx
deb-src https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ focal nginx
To install the packages, execute in your shell:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx
If a W: GPG error: https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu focal InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY $key is encountered during the NGINX repository update, execute the following:
## Replace $key with the corresponding $key from your GPG error.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys $key
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx
You have now nginx installed on your server but not ready to serve web pages. you have to start the nginx. You can do this by using this command:
sudo systemctl start nginx
Debian 6:
Append the appropriate stanza to /etc/apt/sources.list.
deb https://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx
deb-src https://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx
This PPA is maintained by volunteers and is not distributed by nginx.org. It has some additional compiled-in modules and may be more fitting for your environment.
You can get the latest stable version of NGINX from the NGINX PPA on Launchpad: You will need to have root privileges to perform the following commands.
For Ubuntu 20.04 and newer:
sudo -s
nginx=stable # use nginx=development for latest development version
add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/$nginx
apt update
apt install nginx
If you get an error about add-apt-repository not existing, you will want to install python-software-properties.
For other Debian/Ubuntu based distributions, you can try the lucid variant of the PPA which is the most likely to work on older package sets:
sudo -s
nginx=stable # use nginx=development for latest development version
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/$nginx/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-$nginx-lucid.list
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C300EE8C
apt update
apt install nginx
As of NGINX 0.8.50, NGINX is now available as an official Windows binary.
Installation:
cd c:\
unzip nginx-1.2.3.zip
ren nginx-1.2.3 nginx
cd nginx
start nginx
Control:
nginx -s [ stop | quit | reopen | reload ]
For problems look in c:nginxlogserror.log or in EventLog.
In addition, Kevin Worthington maintains earlier Windows builds of the development branch.
There are currently two versions of NGINX available: stable (1.20.x), mainline (1.21.x).
The mainline branch gets new features and bugfixes sooner but might introduce new bugs as well.
Critical bugfixes are backported to the stable branch.
In general, the stable release is recommended, but the mainline release is typically quite stable as well. See the FAQ.
After extracting the source, run these commands from a terminal:
./configure
make
sudo make install
By default, NGINX will be installed in /usr/local/nginx. You may change this and other options with the Installation and Compile-Time Options.
You might also want to peruse the 3rd party modules, since these must be built at compile-time.
You can follow this guide for more detailed instruction for building nginx from source
Warning
These pages are not thoroughly, if at all, reviewed for accuracy as they are on this page.
There are many different example configurations that can be found in Getting Started section. Also the Pitfalls and Common Mistakes page will help keep you from making mistakes that so many users before you did.