Nginx Setup on CentOS 7: Install & Configure

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
1 minute

To install and configure an Nginx server on CentOS 7, you can follow these steps:

  1. Update system packages.
sudo yum update
  1. Install Nginx
sudo yum install nginx
  1. Start the Nginx service.
sudo systemctl start nginx
  1. Enable Nginx to start automatically on boot:
sudo systemctl enable nginx
  1. Configure the firewall to allow access to the Nginx service.
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
  1. Setting up an Nginx server:
    The configuration file for Nginx is located at /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, and can be edited as needed to customize the behavior of the Nginx server. Common configurations include virtual hosts, proxies, and caching.
  2. Reload the Nginx configuration.
sudo systemctl reload nginx

At this point, the Nginx server has been successfully installed and configured. You can verify if Nginx is working properly by accessing the server’s IP address through a web browser.

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