Install Nginx on Ubuntu

Run the following commands.

sudo apt update

[sudo] password for andrei: Hit:1 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Get:2 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [111 kB] Get:3 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [98,3 kB] Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88,7 kB] Get:5 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal InRelease [36,2 kB] Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yandex-load/main/ubuntu focal InRelease Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [107 kB] Get:8 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [637 kB] Get:9 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages [365 kB] Get:10 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [229 kB] Get:11 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [686 kB] Get:12 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe i386 Packages [510 kB] Get:13 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [205 kB] Get:14 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2 468 B] Get:15 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [1 768 B] Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [49,0 kB] Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [24,3 kB] Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [56,6 kB] Fetched 3 207 kB in 1s (2 606 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 226 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

sudo apt install nginx

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done nginx is already the newest version (1.18.0-0ubuntu1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 226 not upgraded.

After installation, add Nginx to autostart

sudo systemctl enable nginx

Synchronizing state of nginx.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install. Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable nginx

Article author: Andrei Olegovich