Question : what is nginx server ?
Question : how to configure nginx server in linux, centos ?
Question : say about nginx feature ?
Server IP - 10.20.2.33
OS - CentOS 6
Hostname - lokesh.khandwa.com
Nginx is a web server like Apache. It can work as reverse proxy for HTTP, https, smtp,pop3 and imap. It’s pronounces “ Engine X”.
Feature
- Reverse/mail proxy with caching
- Load balancing
- TLS/SSL supported
- Virtual server with name and ip based
- Gzip compression and decompression
- Fault tolerance
- Handle thousand simultaneous connection
Default directories and files
document root : /usr/share/nginx/html
configuration file: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Virtual host configuration directory: /etc/nginx/conf.d/
Virtual host configuration file: /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
First we need to install and enable repo for Nginx server
[root@khandwa ~]# rpm -ivh http://nginx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
Or enable epel-release repo
[root@khandwa ~]# yum install epel-release
Step 2
Install nginx server package
[root@khandwa temp]# yum install nginx*
Step 3
Start Nginx Service
[root@khandwa temp]# service nginx restart
Start on every boot
[root@khandwa temp]# chkconfig nginx on
Check status
[root@khandwa temp]# service nginx status
nginx (pid 3914) is running...
Step 4
Configure iptabeles
#iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
#iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
# service iptables save
# service iptables restart
ORDisable IPtables
# service iptables stop
# chkconfig iptables off
Step 5
Access nginx server on browser
http://10.20.2.33
Step 5
Configuration
Create Directory
[root@khandwa /]# mkdir /webserver
[root@khandwa /]# mkdir /webserver/linuxtopic.com
Create index file
[root@khandwa /]# vi /webserver/linuxtopic.com/index.html
insert mode and past following test coding.
<html>
<head>
<title> Linux Topic </tilte>
</head>
<body>
<h1> Well come to linuxtopic.com </h1>
</body>
</html>
Step 6
Create basic configuration file for linuxtopic.com website:copy default configuration file and edit
# cp /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/linuxtopic.com.conf
server {
listen 80; # port setting
server_name linuxtopic.com; # server setting
#charset koi8-r;
#access_log /var/log/nginx/log/host.access.log main;
location / {
root /webserver/linuxtopic.com; # document root
index index.html index.htm;
}
#error_page 404 /404.html;
# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /linuxtopic.com; # document root
}
# proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
# proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1;
#}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
# root html;
# fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# fastcgi_index index.php;
# fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
# include fastcgi_params;
#}
# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
#location ~ /\.ht {
# deny all;
# }
}
Restart Server
Step 7
host entry
10.20.2.33 linuxtopic.com
[root@khandwa temp]# service nginx restart
Step 7
host entry
# vi /etc/hosts# it's your host file
10.20.2.33 linuxtopic.com
