一、
yum -y install nginx # 以最简单的方式安装,熟悉应用为主
二、
1.安装完毕,查看下软件版本:
$ rpm -q nginx
nginx-1.10.2-1.el6.x86_64
或
$ /usr/sbin/nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.10.2
2.查看下安装清单:
$ rpm -ql nginx
    /etc/logrotate.d/nginx
    /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
    /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl.conf
    /etc/nginx/conf.d/virtual.conf
    /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf
    /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf.default
    /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params
    /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params.default
    /etc/nginx/koi-utf
    /etc/nginx/koi-win
    /etc/nginx/mime.types
    /etc/nginx/mime.types.default
    /etc/nginx/nginx.conf     # 主配置文件
    /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.default
    /etc/nginx/scgi_params
    /etc/nginx/scgi_params.default
    /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params
    /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params.default
    /etc/nginx/win-utf
    /etc/rc.d/init.d/nginx     # 开机自启动脚本
    /etc/sysconfig/nginx
    /usr/lib64/nginx/modules
    /usr/sbin/nginx     # 启动脚本
    /usr/share/doc/nginx-1.10.2
    /usr/share/doc/nginx-1.10.2/CHANGES
    /usr/share/doc/nginx-1.10.2/LICENSE
    /usr/share/doc/nginx-1.10.2/README
    /usr/share/doc/nginx-1.10.2/README.dynamic
    /usr/share/doc/nginx-1.10.2/UPGRADE-NOTES-1.0-to-1.10
    /usr/share/man/man3/nginx.3pm.gz
    /usr/share/man/man8/nginx.8.gz
    /usr/share/nginx/html/404.html     # 网
    /usr/share/nginx/html/50x.html     # 页
    /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html     # 的
    /usr/share/nginx/html/nginx-logo.png     # 目
    /usr/share/nginx/html/poweredby.png     # 录
    /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/nginx.vim
    /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/indent/nginx.vim
    /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/nginx.vim
    /var/lib/nginx
    /var/lib/nginx/tmp
    /var/log/nginx     # 日志文件
3.启动并设置为开机自启
$ service nginx start
$ chkconfig nginx on
4.查看网络服务状态
$ netstat -anptu | grep --color ‘:80‘
    tcp     0     0     0.0.0.0:80      0.0.0.0:*      LISTEN     3549/nginx 
    tcp     0     0     :::80               :::*               LISTEN     3549/nginx
5.查看开启的进程
$ ps aux | grep -v ‘grep‘ | grep --color ‘nginx‘
    root     3549     0.0 0.2     108900     2036     ?     Ss     18:42     0:00     nginx: master process     /usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
    nginx     3550     0.0  0.2     109328     2740     ?     S     18:42     0:00     nginx: worker process 
    nginx     3551     0.0  0.2     109328     2720     ?     S     18:42     0:00     nginx: worker process
三、
配置文件详解:http://www.cnblogs.com/hunttown/p/5759959.html
原文:http://www.cnblogs.com/noend/p/7051041.html