Nginx

Last update: April 17, 2024

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Adobe Commerce supports nginx 1.x (or the latest mainline version). You must also install the latest version of php-fpm.

Installation instructions vary based on which operating system that you are using. See PHP for information.

Ubuntu

The following section describes how to install Adobe Commerce 2.x on Ubuntu using nginx, PHP, and MySQL.

Install nginx

sudo apt -y install nginx

You can also build nginx from source

After completing the following sections and installing the application, we will use a sample configuration file to configure nginx.

Install and configure php-fpm

Adobe Commerce requires several PHP extensions to function properly. In addition to these extensions, you must also install and configure the php-fpm extension if you are using nginx.

To install and configure php-fpm:

  1. Install php-fpm and php-cli:

    apt-get -y install php7.2-fpm php7.2-cli
    NOTE
    This command installs the latest available version of PHP 7.2.X. See system requirements for supported PHP versions.

  2. Open the php.ini files in an editor:

    vim /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini

    vim /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini

  3. Edit both files to match the following lines:

    memory_limit = 2G
max_execution_time = 1800
zlib.output_compression = On
    NOTE
    We recommend setting the memory limit to 2 G when testing Adobe Commerce. Refer to Required PHP settings for more information.

  4. Save and exit the editor.

  5. Restart the php-fpm service:

    systemctl restart php7.2-fpm

Install and configure MySQL

Refer to MySQL for more information.

Install and configure

There are several ways to download Adobe Commerce, including:

This example shows a Composer-based installation using the command line.

  1. As the file system owner, log in to your application server.

  2. Change to the web server docroot directory or a directory that you have configured as a virtual host docroot. For this example, we’re using the Ubuntu default /var/www/html.

    cd /var/www/html

  3. Install Composer globally. Composer is required to update dependencies before installing Adobe Commerce:

    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer

  4. Create a Composer project using the Adobe Commerce metapackage.

    Magento Open Source

    composer create-project --repository=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition <install-directory-name>

    Adobe Commerce

    composer create-project --repository=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-enterprise-edition <install-directory-name>

    When prompted, enter your authentication keys. Your public key is your username; your private key is your password.

  5. Set read-write permissions for the web server group before you install the application. This is necessary so that the command line can write files to the file system.

    cd /var/www/html/<magento install directory>

    find var generated vendor pub/static pub/media app/etc -type f -exec chmod g+w {} +

    find var generated vendor pub/static pub/media app/etc -type d -exec chmod g+ws {} +

    chown -R :www-data . # Ubuntu

    chmod u+x bin/magento

  6. Install from the command line. This example assumes that the install directory is named magento2ee, the db-host is on the same machine (localhost), and that the db-name, db-user, and db-password are all magento:

    bin/magento setup:install \
--base-url=http://localhost/magento2ee \
--db-host=localhost \
--db-name=magento \
--db-user=magento \
--db-password=magento \
--backend-frontname=admin \
--admin-firstname=admin \
--admin-lastname=admin \
--admin-email=admin@admin.com \
--admin-user=admin \
--admin-password=admin123 \
--language=en_US \
--currency=USD \
--timezone=America/Chicago \
--use-rewrites=1 \
--search-engine=elasticsearch7 \
--elasticsearch-host=es-host.example.com \
--elasticsearch-port=9200

  7. Switch to developer mode:

    cd /var/www/html/magento2/bin

    ./magento deploy:mode:set developer

Configure nginx

We recommend configuring nginx using the nginx.conf.sample configuration file provided in the installation directory and nginx virtual host.

These instructions assume you’re using the Ubuntu default location for the nginx virtual host (for example, /etc/nginx/sites-available) and Ubuntu default docroot (for example, /var/www/html), however, you can change these locations to suit your environment.

  1. Create a new virtual host for your site:

    vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/magento

  2. Add the following configuration:

    upstream fastcgi_backend {
  server  unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}

server {

  listen 80;
  server_name www.magento-dev.com;
  set $MAGE_ROOT /var/www/html/magento2;
  include /var/www/html/magento2/nginx.conf.sample;
}
    NOTE
    The include directive must point to the sample nginx configuration file in your installation directory.

  3. Replace www.magento-dev.com with your domain name. This must match the base URL you specified when installing Adobe Commerce.

  4. Save and exit the editor.

  5. Activate the newly created virtual host by creating a symlink to it in the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory:

    ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/magento /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

  6. Verify that the syntax is correct:

    nginx -t

  7. Restart nginx:

    systemctl restart nginx

Verify the installation

Open a web browser and navigate to your site’s base URL to verify the installation.

CentOS 7

The following section describes how to install Adobe Commerce 2.x on CentOS 7 using nginx, PHP, and MySQL.

Install nginx

yum -y install epel-release

yum -y install nginx

After installation is complete, start nginx and configure it to start at boot time:

systemctl start nginx

systemctl enable nginx

After completing the following sections and installing the application, we’ll use a sample configuration file to configure nginx.

Install and configure php-fpm

Adobe Commerce requires several PHP extensions to function properly. In addition to these extensions, you must also install and configure the php-fpm extension if you’re using nginx.

  1. Install php-fpm:

    yum -y install php70w-fpm

  2. Open the /etc/php.ini file in an editor.

  3. Uncomment the cgi.fix_pathinfo line and change the value to 0.

  4. Edit the file to match the following lines:

    memory_limit = 2G
max_execution_time = 1800
zlib.output_compression = On
    NOTE
    We recommend setting the memory limit to 2 G when testing Adobe Commerce. Refer to Required PHP settings for more information.

  5. Uncomment the session path directory and set the path:

    session.save_path = "/var/lib/php/session"

  6. Save and exit the editor.

  7. Open /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf in an editor.

  8. Edit the file to match the following lines:

    user = nginx
group = nginx
listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx
listen.mode = 0660

  9. Uncomment the environment lines:

    env[HOSTNAME] = $HOSTNAME
env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
env[TMP] = /tmp
env[TMPDIR] = /tmp
env[TEMP] = /tmp

  10. Save and exit the editor.

  11. Create a directory for the PHP session path and change the owner to the apache user and group:

    mkdir -p /var/lib/php/session/

    chown -R apache:apache /var/lib/php/

  12. Create a directory for the PHP session path and change the owner to the apache user and group:

    mkdir -p /run/php-fpm/

    chown -R apache:apache /run/php-fpm/

  13. Start the php-fpm service and configure it to start at boot time:

    systemctl start php-fpm

    systemctl enable php-fpm

  14. Verify that the php-fpm service is running:

    netstat -pl | grep php-fpm.sock

Install and configure MySQL

Refer to MySQL for more information.

Install and configure

There are several ways to download the Adobe Commerce, including:

This example shows a Composer-based installation using the command line.

  1. As the file system owner, log in to your application server.

  2. Change to the web server docroot directory or a directory that you have configured as a virtual host docroot. For this example, we’re using the Ubuntu default /var/www/html.

    cd /var/www/html

  3. Install Composer globally. Composer is required to update dependencies before installing Adobe Commerce:

    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer

  4. Create a Composer project using the Adobe Commerce metapackage.

    Magento Open Source

    composer create-project --repository=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition <install-directory-name>

    Adobe Commerce

    composer create-project --repository=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-enterprise-edition <install-directory-name>

    When prompted, enter your authentication keys. Your public key is your username; your private key is your password.

  5. Set read-write permissions for the web server group before you install the application. This is necessary so that the command line can write files to the file system.

    cd /var/www/html/<magento install directory>

    find var generated vendor pub/static pub/media app/etc -type f -exec chmod g+w {} +

    find var generated vendor pub/static pub/media app/etc -type d -exec chmod g+ws {} +

    chown -R :www-data . # Ubuntu

    chmod u+x bin/magento

  6. Install from the command line. This example assumes that the install directory is named magento2ee, the db-host is on the same machine (localhost), and that the db-name, db-user, and db-password are all magento:

    bin/magento setup:install \
--base-url=http://localhost/magento2ee \
--db-host=localhost \
--db-name=magento \
--db-user=magento \
--db-password=magento \
--backend-frontname=admin \
--admin-firstname=admin \
--admin-lastname=admin \
--admin-email=admin@admin.com \
--admin-user=admin \
--admin-password=admin123 \
--language=en_US \
--currency=USD \
--timezone=America/Chicago \
--use-rewrites=1

  7. Switch to developer mode:

    cd /var/www/html/magento2/bin

    ./magento deploy:mode:set developer

Configure nginx

We recommend configuring nginx using the nginx.conf.sample configuration file provided in the installation directory and nginx virtual host.

These instructions assume you’re using the CentOS default location for the nginx virtual host (for example, /etc/nginx/conf.d) and default docroot (for example, /usr/share/nginx/html), however, you can change these locations to suit your environment.

  1. Create a new virtual host for your site:

    vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/magento.conf

  2. Add the following configuration:

    upstream fastcgi_backend {
  server  unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
}

server {

  listen 80;
  server_name www.magento-dev.com;
  set $MAGE_ROOT /usr/share/nginx/html/magento2;
  include /usr/share/nginx/html/magento2/nginx.conf.sample;
}
    NOTE
    The include directive must point to the sample nginx configuration file in your installation directory.

  3. Replace www.magento-dev.com with your domain name.

  4. Save and exit the editor.

  5. Verify that the syntax is correct:

    nginx -t

  6. Restart nginx:

    systemctl restart nginx

Configure SELinux and Firewalld

SELinux is enabled by default on CentOS 7. Use the following command to see if it’s running:

sestatus

To configure SELinux and firewalld:

  1. Install SELinux management tools:

    yum -y install policycoreutils-python

  2. Run the following commands to change the security context for the installation directory:

    semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/usr/share/nginx/html/magento2/app/etc(/.*)?'

    semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/usr/share/nginx/html/magento2/var(/.*)?'

    semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/usr/share/nginx/html/magento2/pub/media(/.*)?'

    semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/usr/share/nginx/html/magento2/pub/static(/.*)?'

    restorecon -Rv '/usr/share/nginx/html/magento2/'

  3. Install the firewalld package:

    yum -y install firewalld

  4. Start the firewall service and configure it to start at boot time:

    systemctl start firewalld

    systemctl enable firewalld

  5. Run the following commands to open ports for HTTP and HTTPS so you can access the base URL from a web browser:

    firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http

    firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https

    firewall-cmd --reload

Verify the installation

Open a web browser and navigate to your site’s base URL to verify the installation.

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