Setting up the Nginx web server on Edubudgie 22

Welcome back to another tutorial from our Linux tutorial series.

We are taking a break from Alpine Linux and exploring a new topic.

This time we are going to deploy the Nginx web server on an Edubudgie 22 virtual machine.

Nginx, pronounced "engine-x," is a high-performance, open-source web server and reverse proxy software initially released in 2004 by Igor Sysoev, a Russian software engineer.

Originally developed to solve the C10k problem, which refers to efficiently handling a large number of concurrent connections, Nginx quickly gained popularity for its speed, efficiency, and scalability.

Over time, it evolved to support a wide range of use cases, including serving static and dynamic web content, load balancing, caching, and more.

Today, Nginx is widely used by millions of websites and has become one of the most popular web server solutions in the world.

We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.

1. Boot the system -- System Ready.

2. Boot the system -- Logged In.

3. Start a new SSH session.

ssh -v -p 2222 [email protected]        

4. Start a new SSH session.

5. Running the command "htop".

htop        

6. Check for updates.

apt-get update        

7. Install the packages necessary for the Nginx Web Server.

apt-get install nginx        

8. Start the Nginx Web Server system services to get it up and running on our system.

systemctl start nginx        

9. Add the Nginx Web server system services to the auto start list so that it will start automatically each time we boot the system.

systemctl enable nginx        

10. Create the necessary firewall rules to allow our Nginx Web Server deployment to run properly.

ufw allow 'Nginx Full'        

11. Nginx Web Server on Edubudgie.

12. Running the command "htop".

htop        

13. Now we can safely and gracefully shut down our system by running the command "poweroff".

poweroff        

That was fun! See you next time. #linux