How to Install Nginx on Rocky Linux 9

To install Nginx on Rocky Linux 9, follow the steps below.

Step 1 : Update

sudo dnf update

Step 2 : Install Nginx

sudo dnf install nginx

Step 3 : Verify that Nginx has been successfully installed by checking its version.

nginx -v

Step 4 : Enable Nginx to start on boot and start the service immediately.

sudo systemctl enable nginx --now

Step 5 : Verify that Nginx is running without any issues.

sudo systemctl status nginx

Step 6 : Allow HTTP traffic through the firewall permanently.

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent

Step 7 : Reload the firewall to apply the changes.

sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Step 8 : Create Nginx configuration

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf

Enter the following basic configuration for a static site:

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name example.com www.example.com;

    root /var/www/html/example.com;
    index index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
}

Step 9 : Create Sample index.html

mkdir -p /var/www/html/example.com
sudo nano /var/www/html/example.com/index.html

Enter some basic HTML content:

<h1>Hello, this is example.com!</h1>

Step 10 : If SELinux is enabled, set the appropriate context for your web content:

sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/example.com(/.*)?"
sudo restorecon -Rv /var/www/html/example.com

Step 11 : Test Nginx configuration

sudo nginx -t

Step 12 : Restart Nginx to apply the new configuration.

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 13 : Access

Open a web browser and navigate to your domain to ensure that Nginx is serving the configured site.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Nginx on Rocky Linux 9.