How to install Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

To install Nginx, a popular open-source web server, on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, follow these steps:

1. Update the package manager's package list:

sudo apt update

2. Install Nginx by running the following command:

sudo apt 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 sites-available and sites-enabled directories.

Once the installation is complete and the service is running, you can use Nginx to serve web content from your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system.