I just upgraded my NGINX (originally from One Click App LEMP) using this command
sudo service nginx stop
sudo apt install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx
Am I doing it right?
Previous version was 1.10.3 and now I have 1.12.1
And also, between sudo apt update and sudo apt-get update, is it have any difference?
Thanks
Yes, that looks correct. Just skip sudo apt update, since you’re doing it with apt-get.
There’s small differences between apt and apt-get. Use apt-get for the most things, since that’s the lowest level - you can read more here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/445384/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-and-apt-get
@MrWorldWideWeb
Uh, sorry, I thought you were installing Nginx - not upgrading.
To upgrade run this:
sudo service nginx stop
sudo apt install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
I’m actually not sure if it will upgrade Nginx, when you changed the repository, but you can force that by running this command:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I see, previously I was also using sudo apt-get dist-upgrade but it only works to upgrading Ubuntu, maybe because I didn’t add the latest Nginx from repo.
Anyway, when upgrading Nginx, I was asked if I want to keep my old Nginx config file, but when manually checking the files, there’s something different, is it okay to use my old config file or using a new one and manually reconfigure it again?
Thanks
Since you’re not upgrading between two very different versions, then I would say it’s okay to keep your old config.
Otherwise I would recommend to start over with the newest config and manually copy each parameter from your old config.
It’s also good to go through your configurations once in a while, since you might want to clean up some stuff or make adjustments.