Introduction

Here are the steps to install nginx, you must ensure that the environment is available as follows:

• Built VM environment
• Built Linux OS on VM
• Has admin rights on VM

Proceed with the installation

First, you need to update the system, run the following command

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Next, we will run the following command to install nginx

sudo apt install nginx -y

After successful installation, we will check the nginx system with the following command

sudo systemctl status nginx

If successful, we will see the result as follows

# ● 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)

If the status of nginx is running, this is a sign that everything is working normally. Otherwise, you need to execute the following command to start nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx

Finally, to confirm that everything is working, access the server/virtual machine through a browser and we will see the Welcome interface of nginx as shown below

If you see the interface, congratulations, nginx is running on the server/VM.