/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

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 Configuration: nginx -t

See also

• Nginx change log
• Apache web server