sudo lsof -i TCP:80
service nginx status
if [-e /var/run/nginx.pid ]; then echo "nginx is running"; fi
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx status
nmap -sV localhost -p 80
tasklist /fi "imagename eq nginx.exe"
brew services list
systemctl is-active nginx
systemctl -q is-active nginx && echo "It is active, do something"
systemctl status nginx
if [ -f /usr/local/var/run/nginx.pid ]; then echo "Nginx is running"However, how can I tell if I’m running Nginx?
Pronounced "engine-ex," Nginx is an open-source web server that is also utilized as a load balancer, reverse proxy, and HTTP cache due to its early success as a web server.
Igor Sysoev was the original creator of Nginx, which was first made available to the public in October 2004.
Kinsta uses Nginx to power its hosting because it frequently outperforms other well-known web servers in benchmark tests, especially in scenarios with static content and/or high concurrent requests. Nginx’s roots are in performance optimization under scale.
High concurrency and LOW MEMORY USAGE are features built into Nginx. Nginx uses an asynchronous, event-driven approach where requests are handled in a single thread instead of spawning new processes for every web request.
WebSockets, IPv6, load balancing, FastCGI support with caching, reverse proxy with caching, and load balancing are some of the common features found in Nginx. Managing auto-indexing, static files, index files, and TLS/SSL with SNI.
Most websites have a server HTTP header that you can simply check to see if it says Apache or Nginx. Open Chrome Devtools and select the network tab to view HTTP headers. An alternative is to use a tool like Pingdom or GTmetrix to examine headers.
The underlying web server may not always be visible from the HTTP header, though. For example, the server HTTP header will state cloudflare instead of your WordPress website if it is behind a proxy service like Cloudflare.
Investigate the location of Nginx installation.
NGINX can be installed using any software installation method typically used (apt on Debian, emerge on Gentoo, ports on FreeBSD, etc.) on the majority of Linux distributions and BSD variants.
OFFICIAL CENTOS/RED HAT PACKAGES
Create a file called /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo and insert one of the following configurations to add the NGINX yum repository:
OS X:
[Xing]
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
name=nginx repo
baseurl=https://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
OFFICIAL UBUNTU/DEBIAN PACKAGES
Unity:
This distribution page lists the NGINX Ubuntu release support that is currently available. Please visit the Official Ubuntu Releases page to view a mapping of Ubuntu versions to release names.
Use the following shell command to install the packages:
apt update with sudo
nginx sudo apt install
Although nginx is now installed on your server, it is not yet prepared to serve webpages. Nginx needs to be started by you. This command can be used to accomplish this:
OFFICIAL WIN32 BINARIES· sudo systemctl start nginx
NGINX is now officially available as a Windows binary, as of NGINX 0.8.50.
EXECUTING NGINX FROM THE SOURCE
Use a terminal to execute the following commands after extracting the source:
Make sudo make install./configure
Let’s examine how to verify whether Nginx is installed on Windows.
On Windows, you can open your web browser and go to http://localhost to see if Nginx is installed.
The Nginx welcome page should appear if Nginx is installed, verifying the installation.
Alternatively, you can use administrator privileges to open a command prompt and navigate to the directory C:nginx, which is where Nginx is installed, to see if it is installed.
The Nginx version can then be verified by running the command "nginx -v."
The command will show the version information if Nginx is installed.
Alternatively, you can use the Windows Services console to see if Nginx is running as a Windows service by searching for the ‘nginx’ service.
If the service is operational, your Windows system is running and has Nginx installed.