CentOS 7 Nginx Installation

1. Before installing, do the preparation work, configure the Nginx environment and some class library.

$   Yum Install gcc-c++  
$   yum install pcre pcre-devel  
$   yum install zlib zlib-devel  
$   Yum Install OpenSSL Openssl--devel 

2. Select a directory to install
Before installing, it is advisable to check if Nginx is installed

$ find-name Nginx  

If the system has Nginx installed, first uninstall the

$ yum Remove Nginx  

Download the latest version of Nginx from official website

$   wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.4.tar.gz  

Unzip the Nginx compression pack

$   TAR-ZXVF nginx-1.7.4.tar.gz  

will produce a nginx-1.7.4 directory, then enter the nginx-1.7.4 directory

$   CD  nginx-1.7.4  

Next install, use the –prefix parameter to specify the Nginx installation directory, make, make install installation

$   ./configure  $ default installation in/usr/local/nginx   
$   make  
$ make   Install      

If there is no error, after the successful completion, it is best to look at the Nginx installation directory

$   Whereis Nginx  

Enter path to start or close nginx after installation is complete