Nginx Install

install

Remove apache2

• In case for any error, stop apache first:

sudo service apache2 stop
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common
sudo apt-get autoremove

• apt-get install nginx
• allow gfw -> sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTP'
• Test

Restart

• service nginx start
• check start status -> systemctl status nginx.service
• systemctl restart nginx

• Default root folder /var/www/html

Full remove

• sudo apt-get remove nginx nginx-common # Removes all but config files.
• sudo apt-get purge nginx nginx-common # Removes everything.
• sudo apt-get autoremove

Upgrade

1. Add the sources

sudo echo "
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all
deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ jessie nginx" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

# Add the keys to our system so we trust packages from the sources we added
cd /tmp
wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg

wget http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key

# finally install nginx
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx-full -y