RHEL / Centos 6: Install Nginx Using Yum Command

RHEL v6.x user type the following command:

# wget http://nginx.org/packages/rhel/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-rhel-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm 
# rpm -ivh nginx-release-rhel-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm

Sample outputs:

warning: nginx-release-rhel-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 7bd9bf62: NOKEY
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:nginx-release-rhel     ########################################### [100%]

Step #2: Install nginx web-server

Type the following yum command to install nginx web-server:

# yum install nginx

Step #3: Turn on nginx service

Type the following command:

# chkconfig nginx on

How do I start / stop / restart nginx web-server?

Type the following commands:

# service nginx start# service nginx stop# service nginx restart# service nginx status# service nginx reload

Step #4: Configuration files

Default configuration directory: /etc/nginx/
Default SSL and vhost config directory: /etc/nginx/conf.d/
Default log file directory: /var/log/nginx/
Default document root directory: /usr/share/nginx/html
Default configuration file: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Default server access log file: /var/log/nginx/access.log
Default server access log file: /var/log/nginx/error.log

To edit the nginx configuration file, enter:

# vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf