This article will show you how to install, Services Manage, and Adjust Firewall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Prerequisites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- The operating system<\/strong> running Ubuntu 20.04<\/a> Linux<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A root or non-root user with sudo<\/strong> privileges<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A stable internet connection<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Make sure Apache or any other processes are not running on port 80 or 443<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Terminal window \/ Command line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
2. Update Software Repositories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Updating<\/strong> the local package with apt<\/strong> command. Open a terminal window and run the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-10-1024x211.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nUpgrading<\/strong> the local package with apt<\/strong> command. Open a terminal window and run the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo apt upgarde<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-11-1024x275.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3. Installing Nginx<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Nginx<\/strong> is available in the Ubuntu 20.04 default repositories. Run the following command and install Nginx:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo apt install nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-12-1024x216.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n4. Verify Installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When Nginx<\/strong> installed correctly, checking by the software version.<\/p>\n\n\n\nnginx -v<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-13.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n5. Managing the Nginx Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Now that you have your web server up and running, let’s go over basic management commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To stop<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl stop nginx <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo start<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl start nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo reload<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl reload nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo disable<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl disable nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo enable<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl enable nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nTo status<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl status nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-14-1024x207.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n6. Nginx Adjusting Firewall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Check the available ufw<\/code> application profiles:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo ufw app list<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-15.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nLet\u2019s enable the most restrictive profile that will still allow the traffic you\u2019ve configured, permitting traffic on port 80<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-16.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVerify the change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo ufw status<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nIf you have other applications or services to allow, make sure you configure your firewall to allow traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, using the sudo ufw allow 'OpenSSH'<\/code><\/strong> the command will enable secure, encrypted logins over the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n7. Test<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
For Verify it installed correctly Nginx, open a web browser and type in the address bar http:\/\/server_ip_address<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter opening this URL, you can see the Nginx default page as in the image below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/8xrgqe.tempavatar.click\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-17.png\" "\\"\\"")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis blog helped you install Nginx on Ubuntu using a set of simple commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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2. Update Software Repositories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Updating<\/strong> the local package with apt<\/strong> command. Open a terminal window and run the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upgrading<\/strong> the local package with apt<\/strong> command. Open a terminal window and run the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nginx<\/strong> is available in the Ubuntu 20.04 default repositories. Run the following command and install Nginx:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Nginx<\/strong> installed correctly, checking by the software version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that you have your web server up and running, let’s go over basic management commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To stop<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To start<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To reload<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To disable<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To enable<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To status<\/strong> your web server, run this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check the available Let\u2019s enable the most restrictive profile that will still allow the traffic you\u2019ve configured, permitting traffic on port Verify the change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have other applications or services to allow, make sure you configure your firewall to allow traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, using the For Verify it installed correctly Nginx, open a web browser and type in the address bar After opening this URL, you can see the Nginx default page as in the image below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blog helped you install Nginx on Ubuntu using a set of simple commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is Nginx? Install Nginx\u00a0to use a Fast,\u00a0Open Source, high-performance web server that commands a huge market share in production environments.\u00a0Nginx\u00a0is one of the most popular web servers\u00a0in the world and hosts some of the largest and highest-traffic sites on the internet.\u00a0Nginx\u00a0provides a content management cache, and a reverse proxy feature for HTTP and non-HTTP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,31],"tags":[18,17,15,16],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubuntu","category-nginx","tag-linux","tag-nginx","tag-ubuntu","tag-web-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslforweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure>\n\n\n\nsudo apt upgarde<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3. Installing Nginx<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt install nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n4. Verify Installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
nginx -v<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n5. Managing the Nginx Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl stop nginx <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl start nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl reload nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl disable nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl enable nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo systemctl status nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n6. Nginx Adjusting Firewall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
ufw<\/code> application profiles:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo ufw app list<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n80<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nsudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nsudo ufw status<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nsudo ufw allow 'OpenSSH'<\/code><\/strong> the command will enable secure, encrypted logins over the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n7. Test<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/server_ip_address<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n