How To Install nginx on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx
on CentOS 7.
What is nginx
Nginx is a web server and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols, with a strong focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install nginx
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nginx.
Install nginx on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install nginx
using yum
by running the following command:
Install nginx on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install nginx
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall nginx on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nginx
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.