In this guide, we will set up a file server running on Nginx on Linux.
Step 1: Set up a server with the following OS and software:
Any version within the support period is supported. This guide takes CentOS 7 as an example.
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CentOS 7 (64-bit)
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Nginx
The next section Installing Nginx has detailed installation instructions.
Step 2: Configure the CentOS user account: you can either use the root account or create a new account with administrative privileges.
Step 3: Set up a firewall on the server and make sure the firewall allows the port (the HTTP port is 80 in this guide) to go through.
Step 4: Make sure the server can connect to Internet during the installation of Nginx.
