Nginx Ubuntu Setup

Configuring Nginx on Ubuntu

Create a new server block configuration file:

Terminal window
```
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
```
This command opens the default configuration file for editing.

Replace the file content with the following content:

server {    listen 80;  # Listen on port 80, the default HTTP port    server_name localhost;  # The server name, here it is set to localhost
    root /var/www/html;  # The root directory where files are served from    index index.html index.htm;  # The default files to serve
    location / {        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;  # Try to serve the requested URI, if not found return a 404    }}

Create the document root directory if it doesn’t exist:

Terminal window

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html

Terminal window

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html

Terminal window

sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

Create the directory for the web root. Change ownership of the directory to the current user Set the permissions for the directory

Create a sample index.html file:

Terminal window

cd /var/www/html

Navigate to the web root directory

Terminal window

touch index.html

Create an empty index.html file

Terminal window

sudo vim index.html

Open the index.html file for editing

Add the following content to the index.html file:

<html>  <head>    <title>Welcome to Nginx</title>  </head>  <body>    <h1>Hello, world!</h1>  </body></html>

Test the Nginx configuration

Terminal window

sudo nginx -t

Test the Nginx configuration for syntax errors

Reload Nginx to apply the changes:

Terminal window

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Reload the Nginx service to apply the changes

Previous
Nginx Installation Next
Rate Limiting in Nginx