NGINX Reverse Proxy Setup on Ubuntu 18.04.1

NGINX Reverse Proxy Setup on Ubuntu 18.04.1

 Installing a NGINX on Ubuntu from the Official NGINX Repository

1.- Download the key used to sign NGINX packages and add to APT

  • sudo wget https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
  • sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key

2.- Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list with vi and add the repo, (save the changes)

  • sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
  1. deb https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ bionic nginx
  2. deb-src https://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ bionic nginx

3.- Remove distribution NGINX, and add Official NGINX

  • sudo apt-get remove nginx-common
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install nginx

4.- Add NGINX to boot and start the service, check status

  • sudo systemctl start nginx
  • sudo systemctl enable nginx
  • sudo systemctl status nginx

5.- Check NGINX correct functionality

  • curl -I 127.0.0.1 
        HTTP/1.1 200 OK
        Server: nginx/1.13.8

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