/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

wikipedia:Nginx web server that was written in 2004 as an alternative to popular Apache web server.

• Official documentation: https://nginx.org/en/docs/
• Configuration Files:

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

• Error log file: /var/log/nginx/error.log
• Access log file: /var/log/nginx/access.log

Nginx Sample Configurations

Example of the simplest nginx possible configuration file, listening on default http port: 80.

/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
server {
    listen 80;
    root /path/to/your/html_files;
}

Linux Nginx Operation on systemd distributions

• Verify/Test Configuration: nginx -t
• Status: systemctl status nginx
• Start: systemctl start nginx
• Stop: systemctl stop nginx

Activities

• Track Application Response time in Nginx

See also

• Web server: Nginx: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, nginx -t, Nginx logs, Nginx change log, PHP, php-fpm, Let's encrypt, Nginx directives, Reverse Proxy, Configure HTTP redirection Nginx, Return, proxy_pass (Reverse proxy), ngx_http_rewrite_module, /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/, error.log, access.log, /nginx status, AIO
• Apache web server
• Reverse proxy