Installing Latest Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS

Nginx Quick-Start for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty

The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Nginx Web Server on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS 32/64-bit Desktop/Server.

NGINX is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server.
NGINX is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.

It is Necessary to Manually Set Up the Apt Nginx Repo to Get Installed the Latest Mainline Release, because the Default Repos are Serving an Older Nginx Release…

1. Login as Super User

   sudo su

2. Set Up the Nginx Mainline Apt Repo

   echo "deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ trusty nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list

   echo "deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ trusty nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list

3. Add the Signing Key

   cd ~

   wget http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key

   apt-key add nginx_signing.key

   rm nginx_signing.key

4. Installing Nginx

   apt-get update

   apt-get -y install nginx

5. Stop Apache & Restart Nginx (Only if Apache is Installed!)

   service apache2 stop

   service nginx restart

6. Check Nginx Installation
   On a localhost:

   curl http://127.0.0.1

   Or browse the Server IP…

7. To Edit the Nginx Conf File

   nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

8. End the Super User Session

   exit

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