{"id":5971,"date":"2015-02-20T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T08:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=5971"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:47:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:47:18","slug":"how-to-install-nginx-on-centos-7-rhel-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/how-to-install-nginx-on-centos-7-rhel-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Nginx on CentOS 7 \/ RHEL 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

NGINX is a web server that focuses to high performance and high concurrency and at the same time very low memory usage. It is a flexible web server and lightly if compare to the Apache HTTP Web Server. Since the advent of RHEL 7 and CentOS 7, many webmasters or system administrators and the owner of Virtual Private Server (VPS) or dedicated server start to find a best way to update and install Nginx on CentOS 7 and RHEL 7. The article below discusses how to install Nginx with two method option and the steps are tested on CentOS 7 and RHEL 7 operating system.<\/p>\n

OPTION A. Install Nginx – Source Installation :<\/h3>\n

1. Install Nginx software prerequisites :<\/p>\n

# yum install pcre pcre-devel openssl-devel perl gcc make -y\n<\/pre>\n
2. Create Nginx user :<\/p>\n
# useradd nginx\n# usermod -s \/sbin\/nologin nginx\n<\/pre>\n
3. Create the following directory to keep all the installation files and logs :<\/p>\n
# mkdir -p \/etc\/nginx\n# mkdir -p \/var\/log\/nginx\n# mkdir -p \/var\/cache\/nginx\n<\/pre>\n
4. Download Nginx from official website and extract it :<\/p>\n
# wget http:\/\/nginx.org\/download\/nginx-1.6.2.tar.gz\n# tar xzvf nginx-1.6.2.tar.gz\n<\/pre>\n
5. Go to the extracted directory and start Compiling and install Nginx :<\/p>\n
# cd nginx-1.6.2\n<\/pre>\n
# .\/configure --prefix=\/etc\/nginx --sbin-path=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx --conf-path=\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf --error-log-path=\/var\/log\/nginx\/error.log --http-log-path=\/var\/log\/nginx\/access.log --pid-path=\/var\/run\/nginx.pid --lock-path=\/var\/run\/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=\/var\/cache\/nginx\/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=\/var\/cache\/nginx\/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=\/var\/cache\/nginx\/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=\/var\/cache\/nginx\/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=\/var\/cache\/nginx\/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-file-aio --with-ipv6 --with-http_spdy_module --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic'<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n
If your Nginx software compiling is successful, you will received below configuration summary :<\/p>\n
Configuration summary\n  + using system PCRE library\n  + using system OpenSSL library\n  + md5: using OpenSSL library\n  + sha1: using OpenSSL library\n  + using system zlib library\n\n  nginx path prefix: \"\/etc\/nginx\"\n  nginx binary file: \"\/usr\/sbin\/nginx\"\n  nginx configuration prefix: \"\/etc\/nginx\"\n  nginx configuration file: \"\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf\"\n  nginx pid file: \"\/var\/run\/nginx.pid\"\n  nginx error log file: \"\/var\/log\/nginx\/error.log\"\n  nginx http access log file: \"\/var\/log\/nginx\/access.log\"\n  nginx http client request body temporary files: \"\/var\/cache\/nginx\/client_temp\"\n  nginx http proxy temporary files: \"\/var\/cache\/nginx\/proxy_temp\"\n  nginx http fastcgi temporary files: \"\/var\/cache\/nginx\/fastcgi_temp\"\n  nginx http uwsgi temporary files: \"\/var\/cache\/nginx\/uwsgi_temp\"\n  nginx http scgi temporary files: \"\/var\/cache\/nginx\/scgi_temp\"\n<\/pre>\n
6. Still in the current, nginx-1.x.x directory, issue the installation command as below :<\/p>\n
# make && make install\n<\/pre>\n
7. Register Nginx service into systemd as a service by create the file named nginx.service :<\/p>\n
# vi \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/nginx.service\n<\/pre>\n
Add the following :<\/p>\n
[Unit]\nDescription=nginx - high performance web server\nDocumentation=http:\/\/nginx.org\/en\/docs\/\nAfter=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target\n\n[Service]\nType=forking\nPIDFile=\/run\/nginx.pid\nExecStartPre=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx -t -c \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf\nExecStart=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx -c \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf\nExecReload=\/bin\/kill -s HUP $MAINPID\nExecStop=\/bin\/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID\nPrivateTmp=true\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n
8. Start Nginx service and make it start at boot :<\/p>\n
# sudo systemctl start nginx.service\n# sudo systemctl enable nginx.service\n<\/pre>\n
9. Stop and disable Firewalld service :<\/p>\n
# sudo systemctl stop firewalld.service\n# sudo systemctl disable firewalld.service\n<\/pre>\n
OPTION B. Install Nginx – Installation via yum repository :<\/h3>\n
1. To enable automatic updates of Linux packages set up the yum repository for the RHEL\/CentOS distributions, you can added manually without installing the nginx-release package. Create the file named \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/nginx.repo with the following contents:<\/p>\n
# vi \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/nginx.repo\n<\/pre>\n
[nginx]\nname=nginx repo\nbaseurl=http:\/\/nginx.org\/packages\/OS\/OSRELEASE\/$basearch\/\ngpgcheck=0\nenabled=1<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n
Note : Please replace “OS” with “rhel<\/strong>” or “centos<\/strong>“, depending on the distribution used, and “OSRELEASE<\/strong>” with CentOS or RHEL version such as “5”, “6”, or “7”, for 5.x, 6.x, or 7.x versions, respectively.<\/p>\n
As an example for RHEL 7 :<\/p>\n
[nginx]\nname=nginx repo\nbaseurl=http:\/\/nginx.org\/packages\/rhel\/7\/$basearch\/\ngpgcheck=0\nenabled=1<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n
2. Alternatively you can install the prepare yum repository using nginx-release package followed by the OS version.<\/p>\n
a) RHEL 7 :<\/p>\n
# rpm -Uvh http:\/\/nginx.org\/packages\/rhel\/7\/noarch\/RPMS\/nginx-release-rhel-7-0.el7.ngx.noarch.rpm\n<\/pre>\n
b) CentOS 7 :<\/p>\n
# rpm -Uvh http:\/\/nginx.org\/packages\/centos\/7\/noarch\/RPMS\/nginx-release-centos-7-0.el7.ngx.noarch.rpm\n<\/pre>\n
3. Start install Nginx with yum command :<\/p>\n
# yum install nginx -y\n<\/pre>\n
How to verify the both installation method are successful or not ?<\/p>\n
Visit http:\/\/Nginx-ipaddres<\/p>\n
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