How to install nginx 1.9.15 on amazon linux disto

Question

I try to install the latest version of nginx (>= 1.9.5) on a fresh amazon linux to make use of http2. I followed the instructions that are described here -> http://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html

I created a repo file /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repowith this content:

[nginx] name=nginx repo baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/centos/7/$basearch/ gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 

If I run yum update and yum install nginx I get this:

nginx x86_64 1:1.8.1-1.26.amzn1 amzn-main 557 k

It seems that it fetches still from the amzn-main repo. How do I install a newer version of nginx?

-- edit -- I added "priority=10" to the nginx.repo file and now I can install 1.9.15 with yum install nginx with this result:

Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package nginx.x86_64 1:1.9.15-1.el7.ngx will be installed --> Processing Dependency: systemd for package: 1:nginx-1.9.15-1.el7.ngx.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libpcre.so.1()(64bit) for package: 1:nginx-1.9.15-1.el7.ngx.x86_64 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: 1:nginx-1.9.15-1.el7.ngx.x86_64 (nginx)            Requires: libpcre.so.1()(64bit) Error: Package: 1:nginx-1.9.15-1.el7.ngx.x86_64 (nginx)            Requires: systemd  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem  You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 

Answer 1

If you're using AWS Linux2, you have to install nginx from the AWS "Extras Repository". To see a list of the packages available:

# View list of packages to install amazon-linux-extras list 

You'll see a list similar to:

0  ansible2   disabled  [ =2.4.2 ] 1  emacs   disabled  [ =25.3 ] 2  memcached1.5   disabled  [ =1.5.1 ] 3  nginx1.12   disabled  [ =1.12.2 ] 4  postgresql9.6   disabled  [ =9.6.6 ] 5  python3   disabled  [ =3.6.2 ] 6  redis4.0   disabled  [ =4.0.5 ] 7  R3.4   disabled  [ =3.4.3 ] 8  rust1   disabled  [ =1.22.1 ] 9  vim   disabled  [ =8.0 ] 10  golang1.9   disabled  [ =1.9.2 ] 11  ruby2.4   disabled  [ =2.4.2 ] 12  nano   disabled  [ =2.9.1 ] 13  php7.2   disabled  [ =7.2.0 ] 14  lamp-mariadb10.2-php7.2   disabled  [ =10.2.10_7.2.0 ] 

Use the amazon-linux-extras install command to install it, like:

sudo amazon-linux-extras install nginx1.12 

More details are here: https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/faqs/.

Answer 2

At the time of writing, the latest version of nginx available from the AWS yum repo is 1.8.

The best thing to do for now is to build any newer version from source.

The AWS Linux AMI already has the necessary build tools.

For example, based on the Nginx 1.10 (I've assumed you're logged in as the regular ec2-user. Anything needing superuser rights is preceded with sudo)

cd /tmp #so we can clean-up easily wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.10.0.tar.gz tar zxvf nginx-1.10.0.tar.gz && rm -f nginx-1.10.0.tar.gz cd nginx-1.10.0 sudo yum install pcre-devel openssl-devel #required libs, not installed by default ./configure \   --prefix=/etc/nginx \   --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \   --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \   --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock \   --with-http_ssl_module \   --with-http_v2_module \   --user=nginx \   --group=nginx make sudo make install sudo groupadd nginx sudo useradd -M -G nginx nginx rm -rf nginx-1.10.0 

You'll then want a service file, so that you can start/stop nginx, and load it on boot.

Here's one that matches the above config. Put it in /etc/rc.d/init.d/nginx:

#!/bin/sh # # nginx - this script starts and stops the nginx daemon # # chkconfig:   - 85 15 # description:  NGINX is an HTTP(S) server, HTTP(S) reverse \ #               proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server # processname: nginx # config:      /etc/nginx/nginx.conf # config:      /etc/sysconfig/nginx # pidfile:     /var/run/nginx.pid  # Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions  # Source networking configuration. . /etc/sysconfig/network  # Check that networking is up. [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 0  nginx="/etc/nginx/sbin/nginx" prog=$(basename $nginx)  NGINX_CONF_FILE="/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"  [ -f /etc/sysconfig/nginx ] && . /etc/sysconfig/nginx  lockfile=/var/run/nginx.lock  make_dirs() {    # make required directories    user=`$nginx -V 2>&1 | grep "configure arguments:" | sed 's/[^*]*--user=\([^ ]*\).*/\1/g' -`    if [ -z "`grep $user /etc/passwd`" ]; then        useradd -M -s /bin/nologin $user    fi    options=`$nginx -V 2>&1 | grep 'configure arguments:'`    for opt in $options; do        if [ `echo $opt | grep '.*-temp-path'` ]; then            value=`echo $opt | cut -d "=" -f 2`            if [ ! -d "$value" ]; then                # echo "creating" $value                mkdir -p $value && chown -R $user $value            fi        fi    done }  start() {     [ -x $nginx ] || exit 5     [ -f $NGINX_CONF_FILE ] || exit 6     make_dirs     echo -n $"Starting $prog: "     daemon $nginx -c $NGINX_CONF_FILE     retval=$?     echo     [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile     return $retval }  stop() {     echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "     killproc $prog -QUIT     retval=$?     echo     [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile     return $retval }  restart() {     configtest || return $?     stop     sleep 1     start }  reload() {     configtest || return $?     echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "     killproc $nginx -HUP     RETVAL=$?     echo }  force_reload() {     restart }  configtest() {   $nginx -t -c $NGINX_CONF_FILE }  rh_status() {     status $prog }  rh_status_q() {     rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1 }  case "$1" in     start)         rh_status_q && exit 0         $1         ;;     stop)         rh_status_q || exit 0         $1         ;;     restart|configtest)         $1         ;;     reload)         rh_status_q || exit 7         $1         ;;     force-reload)         force_reload         ;;     status)         rh_status         ;;     condrestart|try-restart)         rh_status_q || exit 0             ;;     *)         echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload|configtest}"         exit 2 esac 

Set the service file to be executable:

sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/nginx 

Now you can start it with:

sudo service nginx start 

To load it automatically on boot:

sudo chkconfig nginx on 

Finally, don't forget to edit /etc/nginx/nginx.conf to match your requirements and run sudo service nginx reload to refresh the changes.