How to install latest version of nginx in Centos 7

As of now current nginx version in centos 7 repo is 1.12.2, but latest version of stable nginx is 1.14.1.

In this article we will install latest nginx/1.14.1 in Centos 7.

1. Remove current version of nginx (1.12.2)

sudo yum remove nginx*

How to install python 3.5 in CentOS 7 from source

At the time of writing, repository of Centos 7 contains python 3 of version 3.4, which is not the newest. And sometimes it's useful to have newer version. For example, I needed python 3.5. And here I will show you how to install it. We will be installing it from source.

1. Update repositories and install couple packages:

sudo yum update
sudo yum install zlib-devel openssl-devel