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How to install latest official Nginx on Centos 8 / RHEL 8, instead using Nginx from Centos 8 or RHEL 8 repository.

Currently Centos / RHEL 8 repo using too old version of Nginx 1.14.1.

If you already install Nginx 1.14.1 remove it first

# dnf remove nginx

First install dnf-utils

# dnf install dnf-utils

Create file in /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo and paste code below

[nginx-stable]
name=nginx stable repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=true

[nginx-mainline]
name=nginx mainline repo
baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
module_hotfixes=true

By default, the repository for stable nginx packages is used. If you would like to use mainline nginx packages, run the following command:

sudo yum-config-manager --enable nginx-mainline

If you running on production server, choose Nginx stable version.

To install nginx, run the following command:

# dnf install nginx

When prompted to accept the GPG key, accept it.

Enable Nginx start up and start Nginx.

# systemctl enable nginx
# systemctl start nginx