Many times the packages installed from the Ubuntu repositories are older versions (in some case much older versions) of software. This was the case with PHP where I had to upgrade from version 5.3 to the latest version and now has been the case with the version of Nginx I was running. While short, this article will walk you through the steps I took to upgrade from Nginx version 1.1.19 to the latest stable version 1.4.3 on a server running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
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First, you can verify the version of Nginx your server is running by issuing the following command:
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nginx -v |
You should see something like this:
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nginx version: nginx/1.1.19 |
First things first, I recommend backing up your nginx.conf file and your server configuration files if you are upgrading on a live server just in case there is a problem or you answer “yes” in the install to overwrite your current files. Also you will need root access for the rest of the steps.
Step 1 – Stop the Nginx service
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service nginx stop |
Step 2 – add the repository for the stable version of Nginx:
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add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable |
Step 3 – get the updates:
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apt-get update |
Step 4 – upgrade Nginx:
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apt-get upgrade |
Step 5 – restart Nginx:
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service nginx start |
That’s all there is to it. To verify you are running the latest version you can run the:
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nginx -v |
command again. You should now see something like this:
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nginx version: nginx/1.4.3 |
If you have problems there are a couple steps you can take. First, for some reason after the initial upgrade on one of my servers I was still showing the previous version of Nginx. In this case I simply rebooted the server and it worked.
If you currently are not running Nginx, and want to install the latest version, there are a couple added steps you will need to take:
Step 1 – install the dependencies
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apt-get install python-software-properties apt-get install software-properties-common |
Step 2 – add the stable Nginx repository
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add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable |
Step 3 – update the repositories:
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apt-get update |
Step 4 – install Nginx:
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apt-get install nginx |
The final problem you may encounter is an error with “apt-get-repository” not existing. If this is the case you can use the following commands:
Step 1:
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echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/stable/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-stable-lucid.list |
Step 2:
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apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C300EE8C |
Step 3:
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apt-get update |
Step 4:
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apt-get install nginx |
In all of the above cases the end result should be that you are running the latest version of Nginx.
A good book that has helped me a lot with setting up and configuring Nginx has been .
Jeff Mould
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