Nginx Installation and Configuration

Environment: CentOS 7.5

1. install the dependencies

yum install openssl
yum install zlib
yum install pcre

2. install nginx repository

rpm -Uvh http://nginx.org/packages/centos/7/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-7-0.el7.ngx.noarch.rpm

3. install nginx

yum install nginx

4. start nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx

5. nginx can be visited via http://youripaddress
6. the default port is 80. it can be modified by editing the file under /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

Https configuration

1. open file under /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
2. edit the file, add the code below to the bottom of the file

server {
    listen              443 ssl;
    server_name         www.example.com;
    ssl_certificate     www.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key www.example.com.key;
    ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers         HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;

    location / {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }
}

3. restart nginx service

sudo systemctl restart nginx

4. visit https://youripaddress

Configure reverse proxy

1. edit the file under /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

location /subdomain {
        proxy_pass https://youripaddress:port/subdomain
}
2. restart nginx service