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;
}

With SSL

server {
  listen 80 ;
  listen 443 ssl;
  server_name yourdomain.com;

  [[ssl_certificate]]      /etc/nginx/ssl/example.pem;
  [[ssl_certificate_key]]  /etc/nginx/ssl/example.key;

  location / {
    [[proxy_pass]]          http://IP_BACKEN_SERVER:PORT_NUMBER;
  }
}

Related terms

• nginx.conf
• Track Application Response time in Nginx

See also

• Nginx: nginx -t, nginx.conf, /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf, Nginx Sample Configurations, server, ssl_certificate, redirect, return, rewrite, sendfile, request_uri, server_name, listen, /etc/nginx/snippets/, /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
• 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