Installing Nginx with PHP 7

Whenever you need to run a website you will need something to run it on so you will be able to published to the web. Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a web and reverse-proxyserver which you can use to make your content visible to the web.

In just a few steps Nginx is installed and with it`s script-like config it is easy to maintain.
With the following steps you will have Nginx setup with PHP 7 in no time!

# sudo apt update
# sudo apt install nginx
# sudo service nginx start
# sudo apt install php7.0-fpm

Open /etc/nginx/sites-available/default to configure Nginx with php-fpm support.

# sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Uncomment and make sure 'location' has the following values:

location ~ \.php$ { 
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    # With php-fpm (or other unix sockets):
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;  
}

Make sure .htacces is private
location ~ /\.ht {
    deny all;
}

Hit 'ctrl + x' and afterwards 'enter' to save the contents to disk.

Now reload php-fpm and nginx for the new configuration to take effect.

# sudo service nginx reload
# sudo service php7.0-fpm reload

Create a new file '/var/www/html/info.php in the webroot.

# sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php

With the following contents:

<?php
 phpinfo();
?>

When all went wel and you go to http://instance-adres/info.php you should see the following: