How to install nginx-module-passenger on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL

Passenger module

License: BSD Vendor: GetPageSpeed, Inc. https://github.com/phusion/passenger

Availability

Distro	aarch64	noarch	x86_64	Version
RHEL 10	—	—	—
RHEL 9	—	—	—
RHEL 8	—	—	✓	1.20.2+6.0.12
RHEL 7	—	—	✓	1.20.2+6.0.12
RHEL 6	—	—	✓	1.20.2+6.0.7

Description

Phusion Passenger™ is a web server and application server, designed to be fast, robust and lightweight. It takes a lot of complexity out of deploying web apps, adds powerful enterprise grade features that are useful in production, and makes administration much easier and less complex. Phusion Passenger supports Ruby, Python, Node.js and Meteor, and is being used by high-profile companies such as Apple, Pixar, New York Times, AirBnB, Juniper etc as well as over 650.000 websites.

Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.

Install

nginx-module-passenger on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install nginx-module-passenger

nginx-module-passenger on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install nginx-module-passenger

nginx-module-passenger on CentOS / RHEL 6

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install nginx-module-passenger

Frequently asked questions

How do I install nginx-module-passenger on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install nginx-module-passenger (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is nginx-module-passenger available for?

nginx-module-passenger is available for RHEL 6, 7, 8 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.

Is nginx-module-passenger compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?

Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.