Phusion Passenger Open Source (original) (raw)

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  1. Check the Technical Specifications page to verify that the module is supported by your operating system.
  2. Install the Phusion Passenger Open Source module package nginx-plus-module-passenger.
    For Amazon Linux 2, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and RHEL:
    shell
sudo yum update && \  
sudo yum install nginx-plus-module-passenger  
sudo yum update && \  
sudo yum install nginx-plus-module-passenger

For Amazon Linux 2023, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux:
shell 

sudo dnf update && \  
sudo dnf install nginx-plus-module-passenger  
sudo dnf update && \  
sudo dnf install nginx-plus-module-passenger

For Debian and Ubuntu:
shell 

sudo apt update && \  
sudo apt install nginx-plus-module-passenger  
sudo apt update && \  
sudo apt install nginx-plus-module-passenger

For SLES:
shell 

sudo zypper refresh && \  
sudo zypper install nginx-plus-module-passenger  
sudo zypper refresh && \  
sudo zypper install nginx-plus-module-passenger

For Alpine: 

apk add nginx-plus-module-passenger  
apk add nginx-plus-module-passenger

For FreeBSD:
shell 

sudo pkg update && \  
sudo pkg install nginx-plus-module-passenger  
sudo pkg update && \  
sudo pkg install nginx-plus-module-passenger

After installation you will need to enable and configure the module in F5 NGINX Plus configuration file nginx.conf.

  1. Enable dynamic loading of the module with the load_module directive specified in the top-level (“main”) context:
    nginx
load_module modules/ngx_http_passenger_module.so;  
http {  
    # ...  
}  
load_module modules/ngx_http_passenger_module.so;  
http {  
    # ...  
}
  1. Perform additional configuration as required by the module.
  2. Test the NGINX Plus configuration. In a terminal, type-in the command:
    Expected output of the command:
    shell
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok  
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf is successful  
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok  
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf is successful
  1. Reload the NGINX Plus configuration to enable the module: