NGINX

A virtual host in NGINX serves content based on settings found within /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

These settings can be modified to suit the needs of your server. Below is a basic nginx.conf configuration.

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# Basic barebones nginx.conf
# Provides starting point for building / learning nginx servers
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events {} # Removing this will cause errors - just leave it empty if not used


# Create an http server(?)
http {
        # /etc/nginx/mime.types for defining common file extensions nginx uses
        # Nginx won't know how to handle *.css, *.html, etc without this
        include mime.types; # More types can be added manually as well

        # Create http virtual server
        server { 
                
                # Specify which port nginx should serve this content on
                listen 80;
                
                # Specify the IP, domain, subdomains, etc. *.shaunreed.com
                server_name www.shaunreed.com;
                
                # Tell nginx where to find the content to serve
                # This directory can be anywhere accessible by nginx
                root /var/www/html; 
        }


}