Currently, nginx packages are available for the following distributions and versions:

RHEL/CentOS:

Version

5.x

6.x

Debian:

Version	Codename
6.x	squeeze
7.x	wheezy

Ubuntu:

Version	Codename
10.04	lucid
11.10	oneiric
12.04	precise
12.10	quantal
13.04	raring

To enable automatic updates of Linux packages set up the yum repository for the RHEL/CentOS distributions, or the apt repository for the Debian/Ubuntu distributions.

To set up the yum repository for RHEL/CentOS, choose the corresponding nginx-release package from the list:

• RHEL 5
• RHEL 6
• CentOS 5
• CentOS 6

This package contains yum configuration file and a public PGP key necessary to authenticate signed RPMs. Download and install it, then run the following:

yum install nginx

Alternatively, a repository configuration can be added manually without installing the nginx-release package. Create the file named /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo with the following contents:

[nginx]
name=nginx repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/OS/OSRELEASE/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

Replace “OS” with “rhel” or “centos”, depending on the distribution used, and “OSRELEASE” with “5” or “6”, for 5.x or 6.x versions, respectively.

For Debian/Ubuntu, in order to authenticate the nginx repository signature and to eliminate warnings about missing PGP key during installation of the nginx package, it is necessary to add the key used to sign the nginx packages and repository to the apt program keyring. Please download this key from our web site, and add it to the apt program keyring with the following command:

sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key

For Debian replace codename with Debian distribution codename, and append the following to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ codename nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ codename nginx

For Ubuntu replace codename with Ubuntu distribution codename, and append the following to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ codename nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ codename nginx

For Debian/Ubuntu then run the following commands:

apt-get update
apt-get install nginx

To set up the yum repository for RHEL/CentOS, create the file named /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo with the following contents:

[nginx]
name=nginx repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/OS/OSRELEASE/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

Replace “OS” with “rhel” or “centos”, depending on the distribution used, and “OSRELEASE” with “5” or “6”, for 5.x or 6.x versions, respectively.

For Debian/Ubuntu, in order to authenticate the nginx repository signature and to eliminate warnings about missing PGP key during installation of the nginx package, it is necessary to add the key used to sign the nginx packages and repository to the apt program keyring. Please download this key from our web site, and add it to the apt program keyring with the following command:

sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key

For Debian replace codename with Debian distribution codename, and append the following to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ codename nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ codename nginx

For Ubuntu replace codename with Ubuntu distribution codename, and append the following to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ codename nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/ubuntu/ codename nginx

For Debian/Ubuntu then run the following commands:

apt-get update
apt-get install nginx

Both RPM packages and Debian/Ubuntu repositories use digital signatures to verify the integrity and origin of the downloaded package. In order to check a signature it is necessary to download nginx signing key and import it to the rpm or apt program’s keyring:

• On Debian/Ubuntu:

  sudo apt-key add nginx_signing.key

• On RHEL/CentOS:

  sudo rpm --import nginx_signing.key

On Debian/Ubuntu signatures are checked by default, but on RHEL/CentOS it is necessary to set

gpgcheck=1

in the /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo file.

Since our PGP keys and packages are located on the same server, they are equally trusted. It is highly advised to additionally verify the authenticity of the downloaded PGP key. PGP has the “Web of Trust” concept, when a key is signed by someone else’s key, that in turn is signed by another key and so on. It often makes possible to build a chain from an arbitrary key to someone’s key who you know and trust personally, thus verify the authenticity of the first key in a chain. This concept is described in details in GPG Mini Howto. Our keys have enough signatures, and their authenticity is relatively easy to check.