Install Nginx on Arch

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Installation

Nginx (Arch repositories) · pacman

$ sudo pacman -S nginx

Verify the installation

Verify

$ nginx -v

Service

Start

$ sudo systemctl start nginx

Stop

$ sudo systemctl stop nginx

Status

$ sudo systemctl status nginx

Restart

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

On boot

$ sudo systemctl enable nginx

Important files

Type	Path	Description
config	/etc/nginx/nginx.conf	Main configuration file.
data	/usr/share/nginx/html	Default document root.
log	/var/log/nginx	Access and error logs.

Default ports

Command-line tools

nginxThe server binary; nginx -t to test, nginx -s reload to reload.

Uninstall

sudo systemctl stop nginx
sudo pacman -Rs nginx

Good to know

The arch nginx package uses a single /etc/nginx/nginx.conf; add your own include for extra server blocks.
Enable at boot with sudo systemctl enable nginx.
An nginx-mainline package is available for the latest features.

Installation on Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S nginx installs the server. Enable and start it with sudo systemctl enable --now nginx. The default document root is /usr/share/nginx/html and it listens on port 80.

Configuration

Arch keeps a single /etc/nginx/nginx.conf. To organize multiple sites, add an include /etc/nginx/sites/*.conf; line yourself and create that directory; there is no Debian-style sites-available layout. Validate with nginx -t before sudo systemctl reload nginx.

Stable vs mainline

The nginx package follows the stable branch. For the newest features, install nginx-mainline instead — do not install both at once.