Linux – How to choose nginx version during rpm install

centos7linuxnginx

According to nginx.org instruction on how to install nginx by .rpm, it says that I should do the following.

open nginx.repo

$ vi /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo

paste the following content in it (for CentOs7)

[nginx]
name=nginx repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/7/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

then simply do yum install nginx

This works, but it installs the mainline version and not the stable one. As of now I have 1.8.0

[root@localhost ~]# nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.8.0

So, my question is, how do I install the stable version which is currently, at v1.6.3 according to nginx.org

2015-04-07 nginx-1.6.3 stable and nginx-1.7.12 mainline versions have been released.

Best Answer

First, you should take a look at what packages are available

yum --showduplicates list nginx

Looking at that repo, it appears that nginx 1.6.3-1 is the version you want.

You can install the specific version by appending it to the package name with a dash:

yum install nginx-1.6.3-1

That said, nginx 1.8 has been released as stable.

Correct way in new versions of nginx

Turn out my first answer to this question was correct at certain time, but it turned into another pitfall - to stay up to date please check Taxing rewrite pitfalls

I have been corrected by many SE users, so the credit goes to them, but more importantly, here is the correct code:

server {
       listen         80;
       server_name    my.domain.com;
       return         301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
       listen         443 ssl;
       server_name    my.domain.com;
       # add Strict-Transport-Security to prevent man in the middle attacks
       add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" always; 

       [....]
}

Linux – RHEL 6.5 to 6.4 downgrade error

Running anything other than the latest release of your major version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not supported unless you have also purchased an Extended Update Support subscription for the server.

You can set your preferred release level using the subscription-manager tool. There is no supported way of doing this if you registered with the legacy RHN.

[root#server ~]# subscription-manager release --set=6.4
[root#server ~]# yum distro-sync

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Correct way in new versions of nginx

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