Install Nginx on Gentoo Linux

Step 1 – Sync Portage

emerge --sync

Step 2 – Set USE flags

Create /etc/portage/package.use/nginx:

www-servers/nginx http http-cache http2 pcre ssl

Step 3 – Install

emerge --ask www-servers/nginx

Step 4 – Enable (OpenRC)

rc-update add nginx default
rc-service nginx start

Step 5 – Firewall

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

Step 6 – Verify

nginx -v && curl -I http://localhost