Nginx – How to install specific version of Nginx on Ubuntu

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I've got an Ubuntu 14.04 webserver, and I'd like to install a specific major version of Nginx on it. This means that if I install Nginx 1.8, I do not want Ubuntu to upgrade to 1.9 at any point. However, minor version upgrades are OK (1.8.1 to 1.8.2).

I've found the PPA nginx/stable, but isn't someone maintaining a repository where I can choose the actual version to install? This would be similar to the Ubuntu official package, but just a newer major version.

I consider this to be an essential requirement in order to be able to maintain stable environments where (a) I can guarantee a specific version and (b) critical software not suddenly just jumps a major version up and consequently breaks due to e.g. non-compatibility with configuration files.

Best Answer

Install the specific version from nginx ppa

sudo apt-get install nginx=1.8.*

And stay there

sudo apt-mark hold nginx=1.8.*

although you could just stick with 'stable' and trust the package maintainers.

sudo -s
nginx=stable # use nginx=development for latest development version
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/$nginx/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-$nginx-lucid.list
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C300EE8C
apt-get update
apt-get install nginx

how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package

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; 

       [....]
}

Nginx – Install MovableType under Nginx on Ubuntu

Add additional fastcgi parameters in nginx config:

fastcgi_param PERL5LIB $document_root/mt/lib;
fastcgi_param MT_HOME $document_root/mt;
fastcgi_param MT_CONFIG $document_root/mt/mt-config.cgi;
Use CGI wrapper from http://nginx.localdomain.pl/wiki/FcgiWrap

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