This post walks new users through the process of installing the Nginx HTTP server on a Google Cloud server with Ubuntu Linux. This guide is part of a series aimed at helping beginners start an online website by covering all necessary steps – domain creation, Google Cloud server set-up, and Nginx installation. Now, their domain will display a default Nginx help page when accessed, ready for further customization.

This post shows students and new users steps to install the Nginx HTTP server on a Google Cloud server running Ubuntu Linux. If you want to run a website online, you’ll need a web server. Nginx is one of the most popular open-source servers today and a great web server to run websites online.

This is the fourth post in this series which can be used as a beginner’s guide to learn how to create a website domain , set up a Google Cloud server with Ubuntu Linux , and install software and packages to build and run a website online.

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