Typical workflow for nginx on a new VM

nginx-quickstart.sh

# update the virtual machine
sudo apt-get update

# install nginx
sudo apt-get install nginx

# check version
sudo nginx -v

# start the nginx service
sudo systemctl start nginx

# check the status
sudo systemctl status nginx

# stop the nginx service
sudo systemctl stop nginx

# Reference: Kubernetes Udacity Course (https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/ud615)