Install and Configure nginx on Windows

#nginx #WebServer #PHP #InstallGuide

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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