Main configuration. Pulls in conf.d, modules-enabled and sites-enabled.
# nginx default page, installed by the n.wtf package
nginx is
running.
If you can read this, the web server is serving requests. Replace this page with your own site whenever you are ready.
# the page you are looking at
$ ls /var/www/html
index.nginx-debian.html
# point the default server at your own files
$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
# check the syntax, then apply it
$ sudo nginx -t
$ sudo systemctl reload nginx
$
Where things live
This build follows the Debian layout, so every path below is where you would expect it on a Debian or Ubuntu system.
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Active server blocks, symlinked from sites-available.
/etc/nginx/modules-enabled/
Dynamic modules loaded at startup, one load_module per file.
/var/www/html/
Document root of the default server block, including this page.
/var/log/nginx/
access.log and error.log, rotated by logrotate.
/usr/share/nginx/html/
Package copy of this page. The postinst script seeds /var/www/html from it.
Next steps
Four things worth knowing before you put this server in front of real traffic.
# is it up, and did it survive the last reload
sudo systemctl status nginx
# start, stop, restart
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl stop nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx
# bring it back on boot
sudo systemctl enable nginx
# validate before you apply, every time
sudo nginx -t
# reload without dropping open connections
sudo systemctl reload nginx
# which version and which modules were compiled in
nginx -V
# write a server block
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com
# enable it
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com \
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/example.com
# drop the default one once yours works
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
# watch requests arrive
sudo tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.log
# and what went wrong
sudo tail -f /var/log/nginx/error.log
# everything the unit itself reported
sudo journalctl -u nginx -n 50 --no-pager
Running the latest nginx mainline.
n.wtf tracks upstream releases and packages them for Debian and Ubuntu, with TLS 1.3, HTTP/3, Brotli, Zstd and more built in.