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Show the nginx version and compiled-in modules

harmlessnginxdebian, ubuntu
user@server
nginx -V 2>&1 | tr " " "\n" | grep -E "version|_module"

nginx -V writes the version and build options to stderr, hence the 2>&1 redirect. The options are split into one per line and filtered down to the version and all --with-..._module entries. Dynamically loaded modules do not appear here, they are listed as load_module in the configuration.

Note: If nginx is not in the user’s path, use /usr/sbin/nginx -V.

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