> I didn't think you could take a Linux that wasn't written specifically for 
> system
> z and run it. 

Given that NGINX is just an application program that can be compiled on any 
Unix-like system, it runs fine when built from source on Linux on Z. The NGINX 
www site does not supply System z binaries, but that doesn't mean that it 
doesn't work on System z.

I think you're confusing applying RPMs built for Intel systems with the ability 
to build the package and run it on Linux on Z.  You cannot run Intel binaries 
(at least without some fairly significant magic) on Z, but there's nothing 
stopping you from rebuilding the RPM from the source RPM using rpmbuild and 
running it. 

> Does it run on an IFL or LPAR?

NGINX  runs wherever Linux on Z runs.  You can run Linux on Z in a LPAR 
(although I wouldn't recommend it), and the LPAR can have IFLs or standard CPs 
(whichever you happen to have or want to use). Linux and z/VM don't care about 
CPU type. 

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