Configuring NGINX for Ubuntu 16.04

Configure NGINX for Ubuntu 16.04.

About this task

To compile NGINX Community Edition 1.14.2 for PingIntelligence for APIs:

Steps

Download the NGINX community version:

# wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.14.2.tar.gz

Untar the NGINX file:
```
# tar -xvzf nginx-1.14.2.tar.gz
```
Change the directory to nginx-1.14.2:
```
# cd nginx-1.14.2
```

Compile and install NGINX by running the following command.

These options for compiling NGINX are in addition to your environment-specific options:

--with-compat: This option enables NGINX to load dynamic modules.
--with_http_ssl_module: This flag is used configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support in NGINX.

# ./configure --with-compat --with-http_ssl_module

Run the make command to compile NGINX:
```
# make
```
Run the make install command to install NGINX:
```
# sudo make install
```
Verify the compilation by entering the following command:
```
# sudo /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -V
```
Result:

The output of the above command should display --with-compat and --with_http_ssl_module flags.