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Friday, June 20, 2025How to install Nginx
Keven Client A. Cataluña @LinkedIn
Introduction

This guide explains how to install and configure Nginx on Ubuntu, including updating system packages, installing Nginx via the package manager, verifying the service status, enabling Nginx to start automatically on boot, and confirming the installation through the default landing page.

Steps1. Update and upgrade the packages
    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
2. Install Nginx using the package manager
    sudo apt install nginx
3. Verify the Nginx installation
    sudo systemctl status nginx
  
      ● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-07-10 03:09:58 UTC; 2min 36s ago
         Docs: man:nginx(8)
     Main PID: 39338 (nginx)
        Tasks: 2 (limit: 1131)
       Memory: 6.2M
       CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service
               ├─39338 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on;
               └─39339 nginx: worker process

  Jul 10 03:09:57 ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-sgp1-01 systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server...
  Jul 10 03:09:58 ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-sgp1-01 systemd[1]: Started A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
4. Enable the Nginx service to start automatically on boot
    sudo systemctl enable nginx
  
      Synchronizing state of nginx.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
  Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable nginx
5. Verify the installation by navigating to http://localhost and you should see the default Nginx landing page
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