ngnix_hello_world.md

Zero to Nginix Static Web Server in 60ish Seconds

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-ubuntu-20-04

From fresh install of Xubuntu 20.04 with networking configured, including firewall, DNS, and remote management

Install Nginx and enable autostartup

$ sudo apt update $ sudo install nginx $ sudo systemctl enable nginx

Adjust firewall to allow inbound HTTP and HTTPS connections to Nginx

$ sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'

Create custom website directories and set their ownership and persmissions

$ sudo mkdir -p /var/www/<<website_name>>/html $ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/<<website_name>>/html $ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/<<website_name>>

Create or copy an html file in /var/www/<<website_name>>/html

$ sudo vi /var/www/<<website_name>>/html/index.html

<title>Welcome to your_domain!</title>

Success! The your_domain server block is working!

Create an Nginix server block to route requests via HTTP to your site files

See https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-nginx-server-and-location-block-selection-algorithms

$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/<<website_name>>

server { listen 80; listen [::]:80;

    root /var/www/<<website_name>>/html;
    index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

    server_name <<website_name>> www.<<website_name>>;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

}

Enable the site by creating a soft link to the server block in the Nginx sites-enabled directory

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/<<website_name>> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Modify the Nginx configuration to avoid memory problems when running multiple sites

$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Uncomment:

http { ... server_names_hash_bucket_size 64; ... }

Verify syntax of Nginix files and restart Nginx

$ sudo nginx -t $ sudo systemctl restart nginx

Test

Browse to http://<<website_name>>