Nginx Sample Configurations

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

• /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

Without TLS/SSL

server {
    listen 80;
    root /path/to/your/html_files;
}

With TLS/SSL

server {
 listen 80 ;
 listen 443 ssl;
 server_name YOUR_DOMAIN.COM;

 ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/YOUR_DOMAIN.COM/fullchain.pem;
 ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/YOUR_DOMAIN.COM/privkey.pem;

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

Related terms

ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key;

• nginx.conf
• Track Application Response time in Nginx
• docker-compose.yml

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