Install Latest Stable Nginx on Ubuntu
Install
If you install nginx
on Ubuntu 18.04, the default version is 1.14.0. If you want to install the latest stable version, use the command below:
$ su
$ add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
$ apt update
$ apt install nginx
# check the version again
$ nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
During the install, it will ask if you want to overwrite your current nginx.conf
file, select Y or N based on your use case.