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How to install NGINX 1.13.10 from source on linux Mint 18.3

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To Install and Configure Nginx from Source on Linux Mint 18.3

Nginx is an open source web server that is similar to Apache, but very lightweight. Nginx is both web server and reverses proxy server. It is really so simple to install and configure Nginx from Source on Linux Mint 18.3 and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

The following are some of the features of Nginx:

  • It serves static and index files
  • Reverse proxy with caching
  • Supports SSL
  • Supports rewrite module
  • Supports gzip, XSLT, SSI and image resizing filters

Installation Nginx

Download Nginx latest version from official site from the terminal using wget command. 

linuxhelp ~ # wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.13.10.tar.gz
--2018-03-28 20:05:32--  http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.13.10.tar.gz
Resolving nginx.org (nginx.org)... 206.251.255.63, 95.211.80.227, 2606:7100:1:69::3f, ...
Connecting to nginx.org (nginx.org)|206.251.255.63|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1014863 (991K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ nginx-1.13.10.tar.gz’ 

nginx-1.13.10.tar.gz                 100%[===================================================================> ] 991.08K  --.-KB/s    in 0.02s   

2018-03-28 20:05:43 (48.1 MB/s) - ‘ nginx-1.13.10.tar.gz’  saved [1014863/1014863]

After Downloading extract the package using the following command. 

linuxhelp ~ # tar -xzvf nginx-1.13.10.tar.gz 
nginx-1.13.10/
nginx-1.13.10/auto/
nginx-1.13.10/conf/
nginx-1.13.10/contrib/
nginx-1.13.10/src/
nginx-1.13.10/configure
nginx-1.13.10/LICENSE
nginx-1.13.10/README
nginx-1.13.10/html/
nginx-1.13.10/man/
nginx-1.13.10/CHANGES.ru
nginx-1.13.10/CHANGES
.
.
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/acc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/bcc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/ccc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/conf
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/gcc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/icc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/msvc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/name
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/owc
nginx-1.13.10/auto/cc/sunc

And then Navigate to the nginx directory and list all the files. 

linuxhelp ~ # cd nginx-1.13.10/
linuxhelp nginx-1.13.10 # ls
auto  CHANGES  CHANGES.ru  conf  configure  contrib  html  LICENSE  man  README  src

You can find the " configure" file and it will be in an executable format so just run configuration file using the following command. 

linuxhelp nginx-1.13.10 # ./configure
checking for OS
 + Linux 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64
checking for C compiler ... found
 + using GNU C compiler
 + gcc version: 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5) 
checking for gcc -pipe switch ... found
checking for -Wl,-E switch ... found
checking for gcc builtin atomic operations ... found
checking for C99 variadic macros ... found
checking for gcc variadic macros ... found
checking for gcc builtin 64 bit byteswap ... found
.
.
ginx path prefix: " /usr/local/nginx" 
  nginx binary file: " /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx" 
  nginx modules path: " /usr/local/nginx/modules" 
  nginx configuration prefix: " /usr/local/nginx/conf" 
  nginx configuration file: " /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf" 
  nginx pid file: " /usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid" 
  nginx error log file: " /usr/local/nginx/logs/error.log" 
  nginx http access log file: " /usr/local/nginx/logs/access.log" 
  nginx http client request body temporary files: " client_body_temp" 
  nginx http proxy temporary files: " proxy_temp" 
  nginx http fastcgi temporary files: " fastcgi_temp" 
  nginx http uwsgi temporary files: " uwsgi_temp" 
  nginx http scgi temporary files: " scgi_temp"

Once the configuration is done we can invoke make to build the software. 

linuxhelp nginx-1.13.10 # make 
make -f objs/Makefile
make[1]: Entering directory ' /home/user/nginx-1.13.10' 
cc -c -pipe  -O -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror -g  -I src/core -I src/event -I src/event/modules -I src/os/unix -I objs 
    -o objs/src/core/nginx.o 
    src/core/nginx.c
cc -c -pipe  -O -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror -g  -I src/core -I src/event -I src/event/modules -I src/os/unix -I objs 
    -o objs/src/core/ngx_log.o 
.
.
objs/src/http/modules/ngx_http_upstream_keepalive_module.o 
objs/src/http/modules/ngx_http_upstream_zone_module.o 
objs/ngx_modules.o 
-ldl -lpthread -lcrypt -lpcre -lz 
-Wl,-E
sed -e " s|%%PREFIX%%|/usr/local/nginx|"  
    -e " s|%%PID_PATH%%|/usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid|"  
    -e " s|%%CONF_PATH%%|/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf|"  
    -e " s|%%ERROR_LOG_PATH%%|/usr/local/nginx/logs/error.log|"  
    <  man/nginx.8 >  objs/nginx.8
make[1]: Leaving directory ' /home/user/nginx-1.13.10'

Now the built has been done and we can run using make install. 

linuxhelp nginx-1.13.10 # make install 
make -f objs/Makefile install
make[1]: Entering directory ' /home/user/nginx-1.13.10' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx'  || mkdir -p ' /usr/local/nginx' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx/sbin'  
    || mkdir -p ' /usr/local/nginx/sbin' 
test ! -f ' /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx'  
    || mv ' /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx'  
        ' /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx.old' 
cp objs/nginx ' /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx/conf'  
.
.
cp conf/scgi_params 
    ' /usr/local/nginx/conf/scgi_params.default' 
test -f ' /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf'  
    || cp conf/nginx.conf ' /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf' 
cp conf/nginx.conf ' /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf.default' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx/logs'  
    || mkdir -p ' /usr/local/nginx/logs' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx/logs'  
    || mkdir -p ' /usr/local/nginx/logs' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx/html'  
    || cp -R html ' /usr/local/nginx' 
test -d ' /usr/local/nginx/logs'  
    || mkdir -p ' /usr/local/nginx/logs' 
make[1]: Leaving directory ' /home/user/nginx-1.13.10'

By default, it runs on port 80 but if u have an apache web server already running on your server you should change the port number so let' s Change the listen port. 

linuxhelp nginx-1.13.10 # vi /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
server {
listen       8081 
server_name  localhost

Now Start the Nginx server using the following steps. 

linuxhelp nginx-1.13.10 # cd /usr/local/nginx/sbin
linuxhelp sbin # ./nginx
linuxhelp sbin #  ps -ef | grep -i nginx
root      35064      1  0 20:11 ?        00:00:00 nginx: master process ./nginx
nobody    35065  35064  0 20:11 ?        00:00:00 nginx: worker process
root      35067   7263  0 20:11 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i Nginx

Ngnix is up and running. you can verify it by accessing from the browser. Go to the browser and enter the URL: http://ipaddress:8081
access_browser

With this, the method to Install and Configure Nginx from Source on Linuxmint comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

How can I use both Apache and nginx ?

A

No you cant use a two different web servers for a single web applications?

Q

Which is more complicated apache or nginx?

A

If you are well versed with apache, nginx can be a lot easier to use than a apache

Q

Why are you using Zypper?

A

You can even use default command. But Zypper will install the dependecies required

Q

Shall I use domain name to call in a web browser?

A

Yes if you have the Host entry you can call from the web

Q

How to setup odoo on IPv6 port 80? Is it possible to use nginx to do the same?

A

Use nginx frontend to be accessed from IPv6 with the below configuration: listen [::]:80;

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