Linux Administration Cookbook

Installing Nginx on Debian

Now, on our Debian box, let's install Nginx instead:

$ sudo apt install nginx -y

Once installed, as it's Debian, the service will probably start automatically:

$ systemctl status nginx --no-pager● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)   Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-12-02 11:54:11 GMT; 21s ago     Docs: man:nginx(8)  Process: 1936 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  Process: 1933 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1938 (nginx)    Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service ...