Ubuntu16.04.1 method of installing Nginx

Nginx ("engine x") is a high performance HTTP and reverse proxy server as well as an IMAP/POP3/SMTP proxy server. Nginx was developed by Igor Sysoev, the second most visited Rambler.ru site in Russia. The first public version 0.1.0 was released on October 4, 2004. It distributes its source code as an BSD license and is known for its stability, rich feature set, sample configuration files, and low system resource consumption.

Install the Nginx dependent library

Install the gcc g++ dependency library

The ubuntu platform can be used with the following command.

apt-get install build-essential

apt-get install libtool 

The centeros platform can be used with the following command.

The centos platform builds the environment using the following instructions

Install make:

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

Install g + + :

yum install gcc gcc-c++　　 

Install pcre dependent libraries (http: / / www. pcre. org /)

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev 

Install zlib dependent libraries (http: / / www. zlib. net)

apt-get install zlib1g-dev 

Install the ssl dependent library

apt-get install openssl 

Install Nginx (http:// nginx.org)

# Download the latest version: 

wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.11.3.tar.gz

# Extract: 

tar -zxvf nginx-1.11.3.tar.gz

# Enter unzip directory: 

cd nginx-1.11.3

# Configuration: 

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nginx 

# The editor nginx : 

make

 Note: an error may be reported here." pcre.h No such file or directory " , See details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22555561/error-building-fatal-error-pcre-h-no-such-file-or-directory 

 You need to install  libpcre3-dev, Command as follows: sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev

# The installation nginx : 

sudo make install

# Start the nginx : 

sudo /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -c /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf 

 Note: -c  Specify the path to the configuration file, if not, nginx Will automatically load the default path of the configuration file, can be through  -h See the help command. 

# To view nginx Process: 

ps -ef|grep nginx 

Nginx common commands

Start the Nginx

/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx

./sbin/nginx　 

Stop Nginx

./sbin/nginx -s stop

./sbin/nginx -s quit 

-s is used to send signals to Nginx.

Nginx reloads the configuration

./sbin/nginx -s reload 

Specify configuration files

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

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-c represents configuration, specifying the configuration file

See the Nginx version

There are two types of parameters for viewing version information for Nginx. The first is as follows:

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

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The other one shows detailed version information:

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

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Check that the configuration file is correct

poechant@ubuntu:/usr/local/nginx$ ./sbin/nginx -t

nginx: [alert] could not open error log file: open() "/usr/local/nginx/logs/error.log" failed (13: Permission denied)

nginx: the configuration file /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf syntax is ok

2012/01/09 16:45:09 [emerg] 23898#0: open() "/usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid" failed (13: Permission denied)

nginx: configuration file /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf test failed 

If the above prompt message appears, indicating that the error log file and process are not accessed, sudo (super user do) 1 can be used:

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

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If displayed as above, the configuration file is correct. Otherwise, there will be relevant hints.

Show help

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

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Or:

yum -y install gcc automake autoconf libtool make

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