NGINX Cheatsheet

An NGINX cheatsheet I made for future me. Information came primarily from Official NGINX Docs.

Ubuntu Installation #

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• Update packages
  • sudo apt-get update
• Install NGINX
  • sudo apt-get install nginx
• verify installation
  • sudo nginx -v

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Comands #

• Start, restart, and stop NGINX
  • sudo service nginx start|restart|stop
• Check status
  • sudo service nginx status
• Test config file
  • nginx -t

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Server Blocks #

Serve Static Content

server {
    listen [::]:80; 
    listen 80; 
    
    server_name DOMAIN.COM;
    root /path/to/static/files/; 
        
    # reverse proxy
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:<PORT_NUMBER>;
    }
}

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GZIP #

• sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
• scroll down an uncomment the GZIP settings.

  gzip on;
  gzip_vary on;
  gzip_min_length 10240;
  gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth;
  gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript application/xml;
  gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";