How to Configure NGINX
1. Directives, Blocks, and Contexts
File: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
user nginx;
worker_processes 1;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
events {
. . .
}
http {
. . .
}
2. The http Block
File: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
http {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
sendfile on;
#tcp_nopush on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
#gzip on;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}
3. Server Blocks
File: /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
root /var/www/example.com;
index index.html;
try_files $uri /index.html;
}
4. Listening Ports
File: /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf
server_name example.com www.example.com;
5. Location Blocks
location / { }
location /images/ { }
location /blog/ { }
location /planet/ { }
location /planet/blog/ { }
6. Location Root and Index
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}