Platform-specific Guides

Installation and configuration guides for NGINX on various operating systems.

Recommended: NGINX Extras

For the best experience with pre-built modules, use NGINX Extras:

RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/RockyDebian/Ubuntu

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install nginx

See APT NGINX Extras setup.

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Unix-like Systems

Platform	Guide
Solaris / illumos	Building from source, SMF service setup
OpenBSD	Building from source, using ports

OS Package Managers

For basic installations without third-party modules:

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

sudo dnf install nginx
# or
sudo yum install nginx

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install nginx

FreeBSD

pkg install nginx
# or from ports:
cd /usr/ports/www/nginx && make install clean

Windows

See PHP on Windows for Windows setup.

Windows

Windows is not recommended for production NGINX deployments.