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Install Nginx in aaPanel Free Edition - DEV - 10-10-2026
Install Nginx from aaPanel's App Store, wait for the installation task to finish, and check its service status before adding a website. Nginx handles incoming HTTP and HTTPS requests; PHP and a database are separate components.
Tested environment
Ubuntu 22.04.5, aaPanel Free Edition 8.0.6, 2 vCPU and 4 GB RAM. Our first-login stack installation installed Nginx; the service screen and command checks below were verified on 10 October 2026. The lab reported Nginx 1.30.5. Your available version may differ.
1. Install Nginx
Start with a working aaPanel installation. Open App Store, search for Nginx and choose Install if it is not installed. Select the version offered for your server and follow the installation dialog. Wait until the task completes, then open Installed. If you already selected Nginx in the first-login stack installer, continue to verification; installing it again is unnecessary.
Do not install a second web server through Ubuntu's package manager on the same ports. A fresh server avoids conflicting Apache or Nginx services.
2. Check the service
Open Nginx's Setting screen. In the screenshot, 1 marks the running state, 2 the service controls and 3 the error log. Our interface displays “Start” while the Stop button is available.
3. Verify through SSH
Run these read-only checks:
Code:
/www/server/nginx/sbin/nginx -v
/www/server/nginx/sbin/nginx -tIf installation or startup fails
Open the installation task's output first. For a startup failure, inspect Nginx's Error log and the result of nginx -t. If it reports an address already in use, identify the service listening on port 80 or 443 before stopping anything. A working panel login alone does not prove that the website's Nginx service is working.
Next step
Install the PHP version required by your application, then create the website and configure DNS and HTTPS. A domain is not needed just to install Nginx.
Install aaPanel Free Edition on Ubuntu 22.04
Web stack setup and tutorial series
Secure aaPanel Free Edition
Official aaPanel App Store documentation