Install and Configure nginx on Windows
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0178.html
01. Log into the Linux device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal window
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
# install nginx and php
sudo apt install nginx php7.3-fpm php7.3-common php7.3-mysql php7.3-gmp php7.3-curl php7.3-intl php7.3-mbstring php7.3-xmlrpc php7.3-gd php7.3-xml php7.3-cli php7.3-zip php7.3-soap php7.3-imap
# set the owner of the web root
sudo chown -R www-data /usr/share/nginx/html
# edit the nginx config to add PHP support
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
03. Paste the following configuration into default.conf
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name localhost;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
}
}
04. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to default.conf
05. Continue with the following commands
# restart nginx service
sudo systemctl restart nginx
# create a test phpinfo file
sudo nano /usr/share/nginx/html/phpinfo.php
06. Paste the following into the .php page
≪?php
phpinfo();
?≫
07. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to phpinfo.php
08. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/phpinfo.php
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