{"id":20862,"date":"2021-04-08T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=20862"},"modified":"2021-04-08T20:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:49:34","slug":"how-to-install-and-configure-nginx-in-centos-7-rhel-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-install-and-configure-nginx-in-centos-7-rhel-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install and configure nginx in CentOS 7 \/ RHEL 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Step 1 \u2013 Configure Nginx repo for CentOS 7<\/h2>\n\n\n
$ vi \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/nginx.repo\r\n\r\nAppend following for<\/span> CentOS 7.<\/span>x:\r\n\r\n[nginx]\r\nname=nginx repo\r\nbaseurl=http:\/\/nginx.org\/packages\/mainline\/centos\/7\/$basearch\/<\/span>\r\ngpgcheck=0<\/span>\r\nenabled=1<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> JavaScript<\/span> (<\/span>javascript<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Step 2 \u2013 Configure Nginx repo for RHEL 7<\/h2>\n\n\n
A note about configuring Nginx repo for<\/span> RHEL 7<\/span>\r\n\r\nCreate or edit file using vi text editor:\r\n$ vi \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/nginx.repo\r\n\r\nAppend following for<\/span> RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) version 7.<\/span>x:\r\n\r\n[nginx]\r\nname=nginx repo\r\nbaseurl=http:\/\/nginx.org\/packages\/mainline\/rhel\/7\/$basearch\/<\/span>\r\ngpgcheck=0<\/span>\r\nenabled=1<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> JavaScript<\/span> (<\/span>javascript<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Step 3 \u2013 Install Nginx on CentOS 7 & RHEL 7<\/h2>\n\n\n
To install latest stable nginx server, run the following yum command:\r\n$ sudo yum update\r\n$ sudo yum install nginx\r\n\n\r<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Step 4 \u2013 Start\/stop\/restart nginx server<\/h2>\n\n\n
\n$ sudo systemctl enable nginx\r\n$ sudo systemctl start nginx\r\n$ sudo systemctl stop nginx\r\n$ sudo systemctl restart nginx\r\n$ sudo systemctl status nginx<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Step 5 \u2013 Open port 80 and 443 using firewall-cmd<\/h2>\n\n\n
You must open and<\/span> enable port 80<\/span> and<\/span> 443<\/span> using the firewall-cmd command:\r\n$ sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public<\/span> --add-service=http\r\n$ sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public<\/span> --add-service=https\r\n$ sudo firewall-cmd --reload<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Step 6 \u2013 Test it<\/h2>\n\n\n
Verify that port 80<\/span> or 443<\/span> opened using ss command:\r\n$ sudo ss -tulpn\r\n\r\nYou can also use the curl command to get<\/span> same info using the cli:\r\n$ curl -I http:\/\/10.21.136.13\r\n$ curl http:\/\/10.21.136.13<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> JavaScript<\/span> (<\/span>javascript<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Step 7 \u2013 Configure Nginx server<\/h2>\n\n\n
- Config dir \u2013 \/etc\/nginx\/\r\n- Master\/Global config file \u2013 \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf\r\n- Port 80<\/span> http config file \u2013 \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/default<\/span>\r\n- TCP ports opened by Nginx \u2013 80<\/span> (HTTP), 443<\/span> (HTTPS)\r\n- Document root directory \u2013 \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html\r\n\r\nTo edit files use a text editor such as<\/span> vi\r\n$ sudo vi \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/default<\/span>\r\n\r\nYou can upload or copy your html\/css\/js and images to \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html\/\r\n$ cd \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html\/\r\n$ sudo cp \/backups\/theos.in\/*.html .\r\n$ sudo cp \/backups\/theos.in\/*.css .<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> JavaScript<\/span> (<\/span>javascript<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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