installing nginx on centos should be straightforward

Sun Feb 17 18:14:05 UTC 2013

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On 18/02/2013, at 2:42 AM, "mottwsc" <nginx-forum at nginx.us> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, Steve.  I was working from that angle before
> based on advice from a person at my hosting company and had used the nginx
> repo.  I am addressing three points in response.  Any suggestions/thoughts
> from you and/or others are appreciated.
> 
> (1) Reason for nginx and apache:
> The reason I am planning to use nginx on the front end and apache on the
> back end (instead of nginx for all of it) is that I've read in an article
> that apache’s power and nginx’s speed are well known. But apache is hard on
> server memory, and nginx (while great at static files) needs the help of
> php-fpm or similar modules for dynamic content.  The article goes on to
> recommend that you combine the two web servers, with nginx as static web
> server front and apache processing the back end.  My application has a lot
> of dynamic content including videos, and makes use of ajax and jquery.
> 
> What are your and others thoughts on the nginx / apache / both question?
I use nginx and PHP-fpm without any problems. I only use apache when forced.
> 
> 
> (2) Your command to get the nginx repo:
> when I tried this again with your specific command, I got:
> [m at 01 ~]$ rpm -Uvh
> http://nqinx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
> Retrieving
> http://nqinx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
> curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'nqinx.org'
> error: skipping
> http://nqinx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
> - transfer failed
> 
Try nginx.org, not nqinx.org
> 
> (3) Past attempt at installing nginx in a similar way:
> I'm pasting the output from this past attempt in case anyone can see what
> might be missing or wrong...
> [m at 01 ~]$ wget
> http://nginx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
> --2013-02-17 01:35:23--
> http://nginx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
> Resolving nginx.org... 206.251.255.63
> Connecting to nginx.org|206.251.255.63|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 4311 (4.2K) [application/x-redhat-package-manager]
> Saving to: `nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm'
> 
> 100%[======================================>] 4,311 --.-K/s in 0.07s
> 
> 2013-02-17 01:35:23 (61.7 KB/s) -
> `nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm' saved [4311/4311]
> 
> [m at 01 ~]$ rpm -ivh nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
> warning: nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA1
> Signature, key ID 7bd9bf62: NOKEY
> error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (Permission
> denied)
This failed. You need to use sudo for this as well. After fixing this, you'll be installing 1.2.7, not 0.8.
> [m at 01 ~]$ sudo yum install nginx
> [sudo] password for m:
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> * base: mirrors.lga7.us.voxel.net
> * epel: epel.mirror.constant.com
> * extras: mirror.symnds.com
> * updates: mirror.team-cymru.org
> Setting up Install Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package nginx.x86_64 0:0.8.55-2.el5 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libxslt.so.1()(64bit) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.6()(64bit) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libgd.so.2()(64bit) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libexslt.so.0()(64bit) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.6()(64bit) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libGeoIP.so.1()(64bit) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package GeoIP.x86_64 0:1.4.8-1.el5 will be installed
> ---> Package gd.x86_64 0:2.0.35-10.el6 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: libpng12.so.0(PNG12_0)(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libpng12.so.0()(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libjpeg.so.62()(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libfreetype.so.6()(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libfontconfig.so.1()(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libXpm.so.4()(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6()(64bit) for package:
> gd-2.0.35-10.el6.x86_64
> ---> Package libxslt.x86_64 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1 will be installed
> ---> Package nginx.x86_64 0:0.8.55-2.el5 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> ---> Package openssl098e.x86_64 0:0.9.8e-17.el6.centos.2 will be installed
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package fontconfig.x86_64 0:2.8.0-3.el6 will be installed
> ---> Package freetype.x86_64 0:2.3.11-14.el6_3.1 will be installed
> ---> Package libX11.x86_64 0:1.3-2.el6 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: libX11-common = 1.3-2.el6 for package:
> libX11-1.3-2.el6.x86_64
> --> Processing Dependency: libxcb.so.1()(64bit) for package:
> libX11-1.3-2.el6.x86_64
> ---> Package libXpm.x86_64 0:3.5.8-2.el6 will be installed
> ---> Package libjpeg.x86_64 0:6b-46.el6 will be installed
> ---> Package libpng.x86_64 2:1.2.49-1.el6_2 will be installed
> ---> Package nginx.x86_64 0:0.8.55-2.el5 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package libX11-common.noarch 0:1.3-2.el6 will be installed
> ---> Package libxcb.x86_64 0:1.5-1.el6 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: libXau.so.6()(64bit) for package:
> libxcb-1.5-1.el6.x86_64
> ---> Package nginx.x86_64 0:0.8.55-2.el5 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package libXau.x86_64 0:1.0.5-1.el6 will be installed
> ---> Package nginx.x86_64 0:0.8.55-2.el5 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8) for package:
> nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: nginx-0.8.55-2.el5.x86_64 (epel)
> Requires: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8)
> You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> [m at 01 ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
> sudo: /etc/init.d/nginx: command not found
> 
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