Installing nginx on CentOS 6.4

The following commands can be used to quickly install nginx on a server running CentOS 6

First, install the epel repo

$ sudo rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Install the remi repo

$ sudo rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

Install nginx and dependencies

$ sudo yum install nginx

Start the nginx HTTP server

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

You should now be able to open up a browser and visit the IP address of your server and see the default nginx landing page!

If you want to configure nginx and change the default number of workers, use the following command to edit the nginx.conf file

$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

If you want to configure the virtual hosts, use the following command to edit the default.conf file

$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf