NGINX Cookbook

How to do it...

1. To serve static files, we're going to edit the default site configuration file /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf and make a few small changes.

Edit the file and add the following:

      server {          listen 80;          server_name server.yourdomain.com;           access_log /var/log/nginx/log/host.access.log combined;                   location / {              root /var/www/html;              index index.html;           }      }

2. If the folder doesn't exist, create the /var/www/vhosts directory with the following command:

      mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts

3. Copy your existing website files into the /var/www/vhosts directory.
4. Ensure the files and folders have permission to be read by the nginx user:

      chmod -R o+r /var/www/vhosts      chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/vhosts

5. From your web browser, browse the site and check ...