Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Downloading and extracting

Once you have made your choice as to which version you will be using, head over to http://nginx.org/ and find the URL of the file you wish to download. Position yourself in your home directory, which will contain the source code to be compiled, and download the file using wget:

[[e-mail] ~]$ mkdir src && cd src
[[e-mail] src]$ wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.13.8.tar.gz  

We will be using version 1.13.8, the latest stable version as of February, 2018. Once downloaded, extract the archive contents in the current folder:

[[e-mail] src]$ tar zxf nginx-1.13.8.tar.gz

You have successfully downloaded and extracted Nginx. Now, the next step will be to configure the compilation process in ...