Enable and start the NGINX service using the following commands after the installation has successfully been completed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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sudo systemctl enable nginx<\/strong> \u2014 This command configures NGINX to start automatically upon system boot. It creates symbolic links to enable the service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
sudo systemctl start nginx<\/strong> \u2014This command starts the NGINX service immediately. Once executed, NGINX begins running and is available to serve web content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Open port 80 (HTTP port)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
By default, NGINX uses port 80<\/em><\/strong> for HTTP traffic. You must open this port on your system’s firewall for websites to be accessible. The default firewall configuration tool on AlmaLinux is FirewallD. Use these commands to open port 80 <\/em><\/strong>and make the changes permanent:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
sudo firewall-cmd –zone=public –add-service=http<\/strong>\u2014 This command Adds the HTTP service to the firewall’s public zone temporarily. That means it will allow HTTP traffic for the current session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
sudo firewall-cmd –zone=public –add-service=http \u2013permanent<\/strong> \u2014<\/em> This command permanently adds the HTTP service to the firewall’s public zone, ensuring it persists after a system reboot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
sudo firewall-cmd \u2013reload<\/strong>\u2014This command reloads the firewall configuration, applying any recent changes to ensure these newly added rules take effect immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Verify your NGINX installation<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
Verify NGINX is properly installed and running as expected. To do open your web browser and navigate to your server’s domain name or IP address. For instance, if your website\u2019s domain name is mysite.com<\/em><\/strong>, navigate to http:\/\/mysite.com<\/em><\/strong>. Or if your IP address is 164.xx.xx.xx<\/em><\/strong>, navigate to http:\/\/164.xx.xx.xx<\/em><\/strong>. If the installation was successfully implemented, you should see the default NGINX welcome page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
NGINX web server configuration<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
After you install NGINX and verify that everything is successful, here are the website management steps to take to ensure a functioning implementation:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Disabling the default website<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
Follow these steps to disable the default website:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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1.<\/strong> Locate the primary NGINX configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf<\/em><\/strong> and open it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
2.<\/strong> Locate the “server” <\/em><\/strong>block (in the code) that defines the default website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
3.<\/strong> Using the #<\/em><\/strong> character, comment out the root line to prevent NGINX from serving the default web content located in \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html<\/em><\/strong>. This setup ensures your custom website takes precedence. Your file should look like the one represented in the screenshot shown below<\/p>\n#...\r\nServer{\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 listen 80 default_server;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 listen\u00a0 [::]80 default_server;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0server_name _;\r\n\r\n #root \/usr\/share\/niginx\/html;\r\n\r\n#...<\/pre>\n\n
Creating a new web server configuration<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n
To create a new server configuration, create a file in the \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d<\/em><\/strong> directory with the name of your website, like example.com.conf<\/em>. Inside the file, define a new server block with the following details:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n- listen 80; <\/em><\/strong>and listen [::]:80;: <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 These two lines specify that the server listens for requests on port 80<\/em><\/strong> (HTTP) for both IPv4 and IPv6 connections.<\/li>\n
- server_name mysite.com;:<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 This line defines the domain name for which the server handles requests.<\/li>\n
- root \/var\/www\/example.com;:<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 This line specifies the root directory where NGINX searches for website files.<\/li>\n
- index index.html;:<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 This line defines the default index file to serve when no specific file is requested.<\/li>\n
- location \/ { try_files $uri $uri\/ =404; }: <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 This line specifies a location block that serves the requested file or its index file if it exists, otherwise it returns a 404 error.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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After adding the above configurations, the details in your new file should look like those in the screenshot below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Server{\r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0listen 80;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0listen\u00a0 [::]80\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0server_name example.com;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0#root \/var\/www\/html\/example.com;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 index index.html;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 location \/ {\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 try_files $uri $uri\/ =404;\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 }\r\n}<\/pre>\n<\/div>\nCreating website content<\/div>\n
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Follow the steps below you put up your initial content for the website:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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1.<\/strong> To create new website content, you will start by making a directory for your website content using the command sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/example.com<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
2. <\/strong>Create an index.html<\/em><\/strong> file within the directory containing your website’s content. The contents in your index.html <\/em><\/strong>should look like those shown below<\/p>\n<!DOCTYPE html>\r\n\r\n<html>\r\n<head>\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <title>\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This is a smaple website\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/title>\r\n<\/head>\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<body>\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hello World! \r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/body>\r\n<\/html><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Change ownership of the website directory by running these two commands in your terminal:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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3.1. sudo chown -R nginx:nginx \/var\/www\/example.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
3.2<\/strong>. sudo chmod -R +x \/var\/www<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
4.<\/strong> Set the SELinux security context<\/strong> for the website directory to httpd_sys_content_t<\/em><\/strong> and httpd_sys_rw_content_t <\/em><\/strong>to enable serving web content. To do this, open the terminal and run these commands:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
4.1<\/strong>. sudo chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t \/var\/www\/example.com -R<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
4.2. sudo chcon -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t \/var\/www\/example.com -R<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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