############################################################################## # NGINX # DOCUMENTATION: https://nginx.org/en/docs/ ############################################################################## sudo nginx -t # Check syntax sudo systemctl status nginx # nginx current status sudo systemctl reload nginx # Reload nginx sudo systemctl restart nginx # Restart nginx sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ # Link website # ***************************************************************************** # General Settings # ***************************************************************************** # Ports server { # Use HTTP protocol listen 80; # Use HTTPS protocol listen 443 ssl; # Listen on port 80 using IPv6 listen [::]:80; # Listen on port 80 using **only** IPv6 listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on; } # Domain name (server_name) server { # Listen to example.com server_name example.com; # Listen to multiple domains server_name example.com www.example.com; # Listen to all sub-domains server_name *.example.com; # Listen to all top-level domains server_name example.*; # Listen to unspecified hostnames (listens to IP address itself) server_name ""; } # ***************************************************************************** # Serving Files # ***************************************************************************** # Static assets (traditional web server) server { listen 80; server_name example.com; root /path/to/website; # root /www/data/ for example # If there's no 'root' inside, it will look for /www/data/index.html location / { } # If there's no 'root' inside, it will look for /www/data/images/index.html location /images/ { } # Since there's 'root' inside, it will look for /www/media/videos/index.html location /videos/ { root /www/media; } } # ***************************************************************************** # Redirects # ***************************************************************************** # 301 Permanent server { # Redirect www.example.com to example.com listen 80; server_name www.example.com; return 301 http://example.com$request_uri; } server { # Redirect http to https listen 80; server_name example.com; return 301 https://example.com$request_uri; } # 302 Temporary server { listen 80; server_name yourdomain.com; return 302 http://otherdomain.com; } # ***************************************************************************** # Reverse proxy # ***************************************************************************** # Useful for Node.js, Streamlit, Jupyter, etc # Basic server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:3000; # where 0.0.0.0:3000 is your Node.js Server bound on 0.0.0.0 listing on port 3000 } } # Basic + (upstream) upstream node_js { server 0.0.0.0:3000; # where 0.0.0.0:3000 is your Node.js Server bound on 0.0.0.0 listing on port 3000 } server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { proxy_pass http://node_js; } } # Upgraded Connection (useful for applications with support for WebSockets) upstream node_js { server 0.0.0.0:3000; } server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { proxy_pass http://node_js; proxy_redirect off; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; proxy_set_header Host $host; } } # ***************************************************************************** # HTTPS Protocol # ***************************************************************************** # The majority of SSL options depend on what your application does or needs server { listen 443 ssl; server_name example.com; ssl on; ssl_certificate /path/to/cert.pem; ssl_certificate_key /path/to/privkey.pem; ssl_stapling on; ssl_stapling_verify on; ssl_trusted_certificate /path/to/fullchain.pem; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_session_timeout 1d; ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m; add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=15768000; } # Permanent redirect to HTTPS secured domain server { listen 80; server_name yourdomain.com; return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } # You can easily secure you website/app using Let's Encrypt. # Go https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntuxenial-nginx.html for more information # ***************************************************************************** # Load Balancing # ***************************************************************************** # Useful for large applications running in multiple instances. Below example is for reverse proxy upstream node_js { server 0.0.0.0:3000; server 0.0.0.0:4000; server 127.155.142.421; } server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { proxy_pass http://node_js; } }