By Bobby Iliev
If you have a CentOS 8 server you might have noticed that installing Nginx directly with the sudo dnf install nginx
command does not install the latest stable Nginx version.
Here’s how you could install the latest Nginx available on CentOS 8!
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Before getting started, make sure to follow our Initial Server Setup Guide for CentOS 8 guide:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-centos-8
If you already have Nginx installed, you would need to stop it and then remove the current installation:
- sudo systemctl stop nginx
- sudo dnf remove nginx
Once you’ve removed the old Nginx version, you will need to first install the dnf
utilities:
- sudo dnf install dnf-utils
Then using your favorite text editor, create the following file:
- vim /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo
After that add the following content which specifies the Nginx repository which we will use to install the latest Nginx version:
[nginx-stable]
name=nginx stable repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=true
[nginx-mainline]
name=nginx mainline repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=true
Save the file and exit.
With that, you are ready to install Nginx!
With the nginx.repo
that we just added, dnf
will install the stable Nginx version. In case you want to, you could use the Mainline, which includes some new features, you need to run the following command:
- sudo yum-config-manager --enable nginx-mainline
For more information about the difference between the Stable and the Mainline Nginx versions, make sure to check the official Nginx blog here:
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-6-1-7-released/
Once you’ve specified the Nginx stable repository, you have to run the following command to install Nginx:
- sudo dnf install nginx
You will get a prompt asking you to accept the GPG key:
Importing GPG key 0x7BD9BF62:
Userid : "nginx signing key <signing-key@nginx.com>"
Fingerprint: 573B FD6B 3D8F BC64 1079 A6AB ABF5 BD82 7BD9 BF62
From : https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
Is this ok [y/N]: <^y<^>
Just click y
and then press Enter.
With that, the latest stable Nginx version will be installed on your CentOS 8 server!
Finally, make sure to start Nginx with the following command:
- sudo systemctl start nginx
And then make sure to enable it so that in case that your server gets rebooted, Nginx would start automatically on boot:
- sudo systemctl enable nginx
This is pretty much it! Now you have the latest Nginx version installed and up and running!
For more information on how to get started with Nginx, make sure to check the steps from the following tutorial:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-centos-8
I hope that this helps!
**********How to install the latest stable Nginx version cpanel and ssl on CentOS 8?
Hello there,
In addition to what has already been mentioned, I wanted to point out that CentOS Linux 8 has reached End Of Life (EOL) on December 31st, 2021.
I would strongly recommend planning either migration to another OS like Debian or Ubuntu, or upgrading to CentOS Stream.
I personally believe that the safest way to do this is to follow these steps here:
rsync
for example copy over your files and migrate your databasesRegards, Alex
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