How to install Nginx on Ubuntu

Installation of Nginx will be done in three main steps:

  1. Installing Nginx.
  2. Setup firewall.
  3. Restart Nginx.
  4. Check Nginx status.

Installing Nginx.

Run the following commands:

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install nginx

Setup firewall.

Add the following rules:

sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTP'
sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTPS'

Run Restart nginx

Run the following command to to restart the nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Check Nginx status.

Run the following command to check the status:

systemctl status nginx

Will give you the response like this with green status:

 nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor prese>
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2022-04-16 09:45:29 UTC; 1min 31s ago
       Docs: man:nginx(8)
    Process: 54690 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_pr>
    Process: 54691 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on;>
   Main PID: 54693 (nginx)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 9524)
     Memory: 3.0M
     CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service
             ├─54693 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; mast>
             ├─54694 nginx: worker process
             └─54695 nginx: worker process

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