--- title: Install Hello nginx on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Hello nginx for on Ubuntu - Zero-config nginx web server for developers, listening on port 8080 url: https://snapcraft.io/install/hello-nginx/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Hello nginx on **Ubuntu** # Hello nginx [Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "View all snaps from Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)") * [Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/carlos-bravo "View all snaps from Carlos Bravo (carlos-bravo)") * [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/hello-nginx/ubuntu#install) #### Zero-config nginx web server for developers, listening on port 8080 A static web server in a strictly confined snap. Install it and nginx serves a page on port 8080 right away. Then choose how to serve your own site. **Serve a git repository (no build needed)** Point the snap at a public repository with your static files. It fetches the latest commit and serves it. It can also follow the branch as you push, and roll back with one command: ``` sudo hello-nginx deploy https://github.com/me/my-site.git sudo hello-nginx deploy https://github.com/me/my-site.git --path public sudo hello-nginx auto-update 15m sudo hello-nginx rollback ``` Branches can serve as environments: staging servers follow one branch, production servers another. **Or ship your site as its own snap** hello-nginx is also a template. Build your website into a snap of your own, and the content is versioned with the server. Go to the project repository (open source, MIT license) and use it as a template for your own site. The benefits of a website inside a snap: * **Portability** Can tun in many Ubuntu versions without dependency and version issues. * **Security** It runs in full confinement! * **Updates are all-or-nothing.** `snap refresh` swaps the site and nginx together, so nobody sees a half-copied site. * **Rollback is one command.** `snap revert my-site` brings back the previous site. * **Channels become environments.** For example, `edge` can be staging and `stable` production, with `snapcraft release` as the promotion step. * **cloud-init becomes trivial.** It's just `snap install my-site`, with no setup steps after it. Source, template and documentation: **Manage the server** ``` sudo hello-nginx port 80 sudo hello-nginx restart hello-nginx status sudo hello-nginx logs -f ``` Settings also work with `snap set`, which suits automation and cloud-init: ``` sudo snap set hello-nginx port=80 git.repo=https://github.com/me/my-site.git ``` ### Package name * hello-nginx --- ### License * BSD-2-Clause --- ### Last updated * Yesterday - latest/stable * 13 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx") --- ### Contact * [github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx/issues](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx/issues "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx/issues](https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx/issues "https://github.com/carlosbravoa/hello-nginx/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/hello-nginx/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Hello nginx Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*. Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install Hello nginx To install Hello nginx, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install hello-nginx ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/hello-nginx/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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