Quick Nginx Setup Guide

1 System Update & Installation

sudo apt update

sudo apt install nginx -y

After installation, verify Nginx is running by accessing your server IP in a browser.

2 Configuring Server Blocks

Replace example.com with your actual domain.

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/example.com/html

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/example.com/html

sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/example.com

3 Creating a Sample Page

nano /var/www/example.com/html/index.html

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Welcome to example.com</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hi Welcome to Example.com</h1>
  </body>
</html>

4 Nginx Configuration

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com

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

    root /var/www/example.com/html;
    index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

    server_name example.com www.example.com;

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

5 Final Steps

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

sudo nginx -t

sudo systemctl restart nginx