Install NGINX from source | A Blog by Yamen Sharaf

Build from Source (Recommended Method)

Start by getting required tools to build from source

apt install build-essential

Install required packages for common modules

apt install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev

Head to the Download page on NGINX website

Download the latest mainline release by running

wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.21.5.tar.gz

Replace the URL with the latest release link

Extract zipped file and change into it

tar nginx-1.21.5.tar.gz
cd nginx-1.21.5

Or the appropriate file name

To build NGINX from source with modules. In the extracted file directory, run:

./configure --sbin-path=/usr/bin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error/log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --with-pcre --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module

Most common modules included

Then

make

Then, to install with modules

make install

To start installation

To check installed version and packages

nginx -V

Creating System Service

To make NGINX a system service, start by creating a service file and opening it

touch /lib/systemd/system/nginx.service
nano /lib/systemd/system/nginx.service

Populate file’s content with

[Unit]
Description=The NGINX HTTP and reverse proxy server
After=syslog.target network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/nginx.pid
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/nginx -t
ExecStart=/usr/bin/nginx
ExecReload=/usr/bin/nginx -s reload
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID
PrivateTmp=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Source

Now NGINX service commands can be ran using

systemctl start nginx
systemctl stop nginx
systemctl restart nginx
systemctl reload nginx

👋🏻About Me

🛠️Tools

💌Contact