How To Install Nginx on SUSE Linux Enterprise server 12

To install Nginx, a popular open-source web server, on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, follow these steps:

1. Add the Nginx package repository to your system's package sources by running the following command:

sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/http/SLE_12_SP4/server:http.repo

2. Install Nginx by running the following command:

sudo zypper install nginx

This will install the Nginx server and any dependencies required.

3. Enable the Nginx service to start automatically at boot time by running the following command:

sudo systemctl enable nginx

4. Start the Nginx service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start nginx

5. To check the status of the Nginx service, run the following command:

systemctl status nginx

This will show you whether the service is running, and provide other information about the service.

6. To configure Nginx, edit the configuration files in the /etc/nginx directory. The main configuration file is nginx.conf, and you can create additional configuration files in the conf.d directory.

Once the installation is complete and the service is running, you can use Nginx to serve web content from your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 system.