Setup

Installation

Note

Before beginning this walkthrough please shut down Caddy with the command sudo systemctl caddy stop. Caddy is running as a service in the background on port 80 which is the same that NGINX is going to attempt to use. This will prevent any issues trying to start NGINX.

There are multiple ways to install NGINX. This class recommends adding the official NGINX package repository and then installing the NGINX packages with the apt CLI.

Bonus

This installation is similar to the Package Manager Adding Package & Repository article. As the information was covered adequately in that article, this article will simply provide the steps and validation of successful installation.

To read the installation instructions provided by NGINX look over the NGINX Ubuntu Installation Article .

Install Tools Used in Installation

sudo apt install curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release ubuntu-keyring

Download and Add the nginx_signing.key:

curl https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/nginx-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

Check the Contents of the nginx_signing.key:

gpg --dry-run --quiet --import --import-options import-show /usr/share/keyrings/nginx-archive-keyring.gpg

Desired Output of the nginx_signing.key:

pub   rsa2048 2011-08-19 [SC] [expires: 2024-06-14]
      573BFD6B3D8FBC641079A6ABABF5BD827BD9BF62
uid                      nginx signing key <[email protected]>

Add NGINX Package Repository:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nginx-archive-keyring.gpg] http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` nginx" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list

Configure Package Repository

Set up repository pinning to prefer our packages over distribution-provided ones:

echo -e "Package: *\nPin: origin nginx.org\nPin: release o=nginx\nPin-Priority: 900\n" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/99nginx

Update Package Repository List and Install nginx Package:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

Validation

which nginx
nginx -version

Output:

which nginx && nginx -version output which nginx && nginx -version output

Upon a successful installation you should see the location of the nginx binary and the version of the installed nginx package with the preceding commands.

Managing the nginx.service

NGINX automatically creates a service upon installation. The nginx.service can be controlled with the systemctl package.

Systemctl Status

systemctl status nginx

Output:

systemctl nginx status output systemctl nginx status output

Systemctl Start

sudo systemctl start nginx

Validation

systemctl status nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx && systemctl nginx status output sudo systemctl start nginx && systemctl nginx status output

curl localhost

curl localhost output curl localhost output

Systemctl Stop

sudo systemctl stop nginx

Validation

systemctl status nginx

sudo systemctl stop nginx && systemctl status nginx output sudo systemctl stop nginx && systemctl status nginx output

curl localhost

curl localhost output curl localhost output