How to install Nginx from Source Code on CentOS 7
To install Nginx from Source Code on CentOS 7
In our previous article, we have seen about the installation procedure of PHP from Source Code on CentOS 6. In this tutorial we will be briefed about the installation of Nginx from Source Code on CentOS 7. Nginx is an open-source, high-performance web server that delivers static content by using the system resources. It also hosts several highest traffic internet sites.
Installation procedure
Download the source code from Nginx official website using yum command and then compile the packages to install it. Press y to continue with the installation procedure.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum groupinstall " Development Tools" -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Repodata is over 2 weeks old. Install yum-cron? Or run: yum makecache fast
There is no installed groups file.
Maybe run: yum groups mark convert (see man yum)
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00
(1/2): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 129 kB 00:00:00
(2/2): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 3.6 MB 00:00:13
Determining fastest mirrors
* base: centos.myfahim.com
* extras: centos.myfahim.com
* updates: centos.myfahim.com
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package autoconf.noarch 0:2.69-11.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: m4 > = 1.4.14 for package: autoconf-2.69-11.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Data::Dumper) for package: autoconf-2.69-11.el7.noarch
---> Package automake.noarch 0:1.13.4-3.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Thread::Queue) for package: automake-1.13.4-3.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: perl(TAP::Parser) for package: automake-1.13.4-3.el7.noarch
---> Package bison.x86_64 0:3.0.4-1.el7 will be installed
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pendency Updated:
boost-system.x86_64 0:1.53.0-27.el7 dyninst.x86_64 0:9.3.1-1.el7 gettext.x86_64 0:0.19.8.1-2.el7 gettext-libs.x86_64 0:0.19.8.1-2.el7 glibc.x86_64 0:2.17-196.el7
glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.17-196.el7 libgcc.x86_64 0:4.8.5-16.el7 libgomp.x86_64 0:4.8.5-16.el7 libstdc++.x86_64 0:4.8.5-16.el7 rpm.x86_64 0:4.11.3-25.el7
rpm-build-libs.x86_64 0:4.11.3-25.el7 rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.11.3-25.el7 rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.11.3-25.el7 systemtap-runtime.x86_64 0:3.1-3.el7
Complete!
Now install the below mentioned packages to compile Nginx from its source.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install zlib-devel pcre-devel openssl-devel -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.myfahim.com
* extras: centos.myfahim.com
* updates: centos.myfahim.com
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package openssl-devel.x86_64 1:1.0.2k-8.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.2k-8.el7 for package: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.2k-8.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: krb5-devel(x86-64) for package: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.2k-8.el7.x86_64
---> Package pcre-devel.x86_64 0:8.32-17.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: pcre(x86-64) = 8.32-17.el7 for package: pcre-devel-8.32-17.el7.x86_64
---> Package zlib-devel.x86_64 0:1.2.7-17.el7 will be installed
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Dependency Updated:
dracut-config-rescue.x86_64 0:033-502.el7 dracut-network.x86_64 0:033-502.el7 e2fsprogs.x86_64 0:1.42.9-10.el7 e2fsprogs-libs.x86_64 0:1.42.9-10.el7
glib2.x86_64 0:2.50.3-3.el7 kmod.x86_64 0:20-15.el7_4.4 krb5-libs.x86_64 0:1.15.1-8.el7 libcom_err.x86_64 0:1.42.9-10.el7
libgudev1.x86_64 0:219-42.el7_4.4 libselinux.x86_64 0:2.5-11.el7 libselinux-python.x86_64 0:2.5-11.el7 libselinux-utils.x86_64 0:2.5-11.el7
libsepol.x86_64 0:2.5-6.el7 libss.x86_64 0:1.42.9-10.el7 openssl.x86_64 1:1.0.2k-8.el7 openssl-libs.x86_64 1:1.0.2k-8.el7
pcre.x86_64 0:8.32-17.el7 systemd-libs.x86_64 0:219-42.el7_4.4 systemd-python.x86_64 0:219-42.el7_4.4 systemd-sysv.x86_64 0:219-42.el7_4.4
zlib.x86_64 0:1.2.7-17.el7
Complete!
Install the epel repository to the target system and press y to continue with the installation procedure.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install epel-release -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.myfahim.com
* extras: centos.myfahim.com
* updates: centos.myfahim.com
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-9 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
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Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : epel-release-7-9.noarch 1/1
Verifying : epel-release-7-9.noarch 1/1
Installed:
epel-release.noarch 0:7-9
Complete!
Next install the below mentioned dependent packages for the Nginx to run in the target system.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install perl perl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed libxslt libxslt-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel gd gd-devel GeoIP GeoIP-devel -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.myfahim.com
* epel: epel.mirror.net.in
* extras: centos.myfahim.com
* updates: centos.myfahim.com
epel/x86_64/primary_db | 6.1 MB 00:00:14
Package libxslt-1.1.28-5.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package gd-2.0.35-26.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package GeoIP.x86_64 0:1.5.0-11.el7 will be installed
---> Package GeoIP-devel.x86_64 0:1.5.0-11.el7 will be installed
---> Package gd-devel.x86_64 0:2.0.35-26.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libpng-devel for package: gd-devel-2.0.35-26.el7.x86_64
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Dependency Updated:
expat.x86_64 0:2.1.0-10.el7_3 fontconfig.x86_64 0:2.10.95-11.el7 freetype.x86_64 0:2.4.11-15.el7 libX11.x86_64 0:1.6.5-1.el7 libX11-common.noarch 0:1.6.5-1.el7
libXpm.x86_64 0:3.5.12-1.el7 libdb.x86_64 0:5.3.21-20.el7 libdb-utils.x86_64 0:5.3.21-20.el7 libgcrypt.x86_64 0:1.5.3-14.el7 libpng.x86_64 2:1.5.13-7.el7_2
libxcb.x86_64 0:1.12-1.el7 libxml2-python.x86_64 0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.3 perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.16.3-292.el7 xz.x86_64 0:5.2.2-1.el7 xz-libs.x86_64 0:5.2.2-1.el7
Complete!
Download the Nginx source code from Nginx' s offical website or just run the below wget command to install Nginx version 1.13.6.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.13.6.tar.gz
--2017-10-28 11:08:28-- https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.13.6.tar.gz
Resolving nginx.org (nginx.org)... 206.251.255.63, 95.211.80.227, 2606:7100:1:69::3f, ...
Connecting to nginx.org (nginx.org)|206.251.255.63|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 989760 (967K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ nginx-1.13.6.tar.gz’
100%[=================================================================================================================================================> ] 989,760 46.7KB/s in 21s
2017-10-28 11:08:51 (46.7 KB/s) - ‘ nginx-1.13.6.tar.gz’ saved [989760/989760]
Extract the downloaded package using tar command and move into the extracted directory to compile Nginx from source. List the files as follows.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# tar -xzf nginx-1.13.6.tar.gz
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd nginx-1.13.6/
[root@linuxhelp nginx-1.13.6]# ll
total 720
drwxr-xr-x. 6 1001 1001 4096 Oct 28 11:09 auto
-rw-r--r--. 1 1001 1001 282456 Oct 10 20:52 CHANGES
-rw-r--r--. 1 1001 1001 430416 Oct 10 20:52 CHANGES.ru
drwxr-xr-x. 2 1001 1001 4096 Oct 28 11:09 conf
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 1001 1001 2502 Oct 10 20:52 configure
drwxr-xr-x. 4 1001 1001 68 Oct 28 11:09 contrib
drwxr-xr-x. 2 1001 1001 38 Oct 28 11:09 html
-rw-r--r--. 1 1001 1001 1397 Oct 10 20:52 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x. 2 1001 1001 20 Oct 28 11:09 man
-rw-r--r--. 1 1001 1001 49 Oct 10 20:52 README
drwxr-xr-x. 9 1001 1001 84 Oct 28 11:09 src
Now to configure Nginx installation procedure, run the configuration script command with some options that will be required for installation. To view all the options, simply run the below script command with help options and check the options that should be configured for Nginx installation. Or you can also install the default configuration by running the configure script command without any options followed by it.
[root@linuxhelp nginx-1.13.6]# ./configure --help
--help print this message
--prefix=PATH set installation prefix
--sbin-path=PATH set nginx binary pathname
--modules-path=PATH set modules path
--conf-path=PATH set nginx.conf pathname
--error-log-path=PATH set error log pathname
--pid-path=PATH set nginx.pid pathname
--lock-path=PATH set nginx.lock pathname
--user=USER set non-privileged user for
worker processes
--group=GROUP set non-privileged group for
worker processes
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--with-zlib=DIR set path to zlib library sources
--with-zlib-opt=OPTIONS set additional build options for zlib
--with-zlib-asm=CPU use zlib assembler sources optimized
for the specified CPU, valid values:
pentium, pentiumpro
--with-libatomic force libatomic_ops library usage
--with-libatomic=DIR set path to libatomic_ops library sources
--with-openssl=DIR set path to OpenSSL library sources
--with-openssl-opt=OPTIONS set additional build options for OpenSSL
--with-debug enable debug logging
Now run the configure script command followed by the required options.
[root@linuxhelp nginx-1.13.6]# ./configure --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --user=nginx --group=nginx
checking for OS
+ Linux 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 x86_64
checking for C compiler ... found
+ using GNU C compiler
+ gcc version: 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16) (GCC)
checking for gcc -pipe switch ... found
checking for -Wl,-E switch ... found
checking for gcc builtin atomic operations ... found
checking for C99 variadic macros ... found
checking for gcc variadic macros ... found
checking for gcc builtin 64 bit byteswap ... found
checking for unistd.h ... found
checking for inttypes.h ... found
checking for limits.h ... found
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Configuration summary
+ using system PCRE library
+ OpenSSL library is not used
+ using system zlib library
nginx path prefix: " /etc/nginx"
nginx binary file: " /usr/sbin/nginx"
nginx modules path: " /etc/nginx/modules"
nginx configuration prefix: " /etc/nginx/conf"
nginx configuration file: " /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf"
nginx pid file: " /var/run/nginx.pid"
nginx error log file: " /var/log/nginx/error.log"
nginx http access log file: " /etc/nginx/logs/access.log"
nginx http client request body temporary files: " client_body_temp"
nginx http proxy temporary files: " proxy_temp"
nginx http fastcgi temporary files: " fastcgi_temp"
nginx http uwsgi temporary files: " uwsgi_temp"
nginx http scgi temporary files: " scgi_temp"
Execute the make command for configuration process.
[root@linuxhelp nginx-1.13.6]# make
make -f objs/Makefile
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/nginx-1.13.6'
cc -c -pipe -O -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror -g -I src/core -I src/event -I src/event/modules -I src/os/unix -I objs
-o objs/src/core/nginx.o
src/core/nginx.c
cc -c -pipe -O -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror -g -I src/core -I src/event -I src/event/modules -I src/os/unix -I objs
-o objs/src/core/ngx_log.o
src/core/ngx_log.c
cc -c -pipe -O -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror -g -I src/core -I src/event -I src/event/modules -I src/os/unix -I objs
-o objs/src/core/ngx_palloc.o
src/core/ngx_palloc.c
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objs/src/http/modules/ngx_http_upstream_ip_hash_module.o
objs/src/http/modules/ngx_http_upstream_least_conn_module.o
objs/src/http/modules/ngx_http_upstream_keepalive_module.o
objs/src/http/modules/ngx_http_upstream_zone_module.o
objs/ngx_modules.o
-ldl -lpthread -lcrypt -lpcre -lz
-Wl,-E
sed -e " s|%%PREFIX%%|/etc/nginx|"
-e " s|%%PID_PATH%%|/var/run/nginx.pid|"
-e " s|%%CONF_PATH%%|/etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf|"
-e " s|%%ERROR_LOG_PATH%%|/var/log/nginx/error.log|"
< man/nginx.8 > objs/nginx.8
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/nginx-1.13.6'
Now install the Nginx with make install command as follows.
[root@linuxhelp nginx-1.13.6]# make install
make -f objs/Makefile install
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/nginx-1.13.6'
test -d ' /etc/nginx' || mkdir -p ' /etc/nginx'
test -d ' /usr/sbin'
|| mkdir -p ' /usr/sbin'
test ! -f ' /usr/sbin/nginx'
|| mv ' /usr/sbin/nginx'
' /usr/sbin/nginx.old'
cp objs/nginx ' /usr/sbin/nginx'
test -d ' /etc/nginx/conf'
|| mkdir -p ' /etc/nginx/conf'
cp conf/koi-win ' /etc/nginx/conf'
cp conf/koi-utf ' /etc/nginx/conf'
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test -d ' /etc/nginx/logs'
|| mkdir -p ' /etc/nginx/logs'
test -d ' /etc/nginx/html'
|| cp -R html ' /etc/nginx'
test -d ' /var/log/nginx'
|| mkdir -p ' /var/log/nginx'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/nginx-1.13.6'
Check the version of the Nginx by executing the following command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.13.6
Create an user for Nginx and set the proper ownership for Nginx installation directory by running the following command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# useradd nginx
[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R nginx:nginx /etc/nginx/
Configure the service daemon for Nginx by using the vim editor and enter the following content in the file. Save and exit the file.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service
[Unit]
Description=nginx - high performance web server
Documentation=https://nginx.org/en/docs/
After=network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/nginx.pid
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s TERM $MAINPID
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Now start and enable Nginx service by running the following command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start nginx
[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable nginx
Q
Does NGINX Plus support load balancing for mail protocols?
A
Nginx support load balancing for HTTP/HTTPS/FastCGI/uwsgi/SCGI/memcache only. Nginx proxy and route SMTP/POP3/IMAP traffic to a single upstream rather than load-balancing it.
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What is thePurpose of using the Nginx?
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Nginx is an open source high performance Load balancer and web server software. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols as a reverse proxy server.
Q
How to setup odoo on IPv6 port 80? Is it possible to use nginx to do the same?
A
Why do you want to setup Odoo to listen on IPv6 on localhost? Use nginx frontend to be accessed from IPv6 with the below configuration: listen [::]:80;
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Is it safe to use the development branch in production?
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In general, all releases (development or otherwise) are quite stable. This site runs the latest development version at all times. Many NGINX users tend to represent an “early adopter” crowd,
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Can I deploy NGINX Plus for HTTP video?
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Yes, NGINX Plus is a very popular solution for HTTP video distribution, and a great, high-performance, highly scalable, extremely cost-efficient alternative to Wowza or Adobe products.