nginxconfig

NGINX (pronounced "engine x" or "en-jin-eks") is the world's most popular Web Server, high performance Load Balancer, Reverse Proxy, API Gateway and Content Cache.

Description

The goal of this README is to provide a basic, structured introduction on how to use this project to setup a secure and working NGINX web server for the novice user.

Installation

NGINX is installed software with binary packages available for all major operating systems and Linux distributions. See Tested OS and Platforms for a full list of compatible systems.

The following instructions are specific to the apt package manager, widely available on most Ubuntu/Debian distributions and their derivatives.

It is always a good idea to update your package repository lists prior to installing new packages.

sudo apt update

Install the NGINX package with the following command.

sudo apt install nginx

Using your preferred method, clone this repository into your development or project directory.

git clone https://git.thelyoncompany.com/edwin/nginxconfig.git

Create the dhparam.pem certificate to allow for Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) when using TLS.

sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048 

NGINX commands to know

# To verify config
sudo nginx -t
# To verify config with a custom file
sudo nginx -t -c nginx.conf
# To reload and apply the new config
sudo nginx -s reload

Restart NGINX service in systemd

# To restart any Systemd service, you first need to run the daemon-reload command
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# To restart NGINX use the following command
sudo systemctl restart nginx
# To check the status of the NGINX service
sudo systemctl status nginx

Support

Additional documentation available at: https://nginx.org/en/docs

License

NGINX is free and open source software, distributed under the terms of a simplified 2-clause BSD-like license.