personal_website/content/notes/server/Nginx.md

tags, title, description, date, author

tags	title	description	date	author
Server	Nginx	Nginx	2025-01-01	Nikola Petrov

Install

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

Test config

sudo nginx -t

Config location

/etc/nginx

Restart

sudo service nginx restart

Template for reverse proxy

server{
	listen 80;
	listen [::]:80;
	server_name _;
	location / {
		proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
		proxy_set_header Host $host;
		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
	}
}

For auto ssl/https

• Install snapstore

sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd

• remove old certbot

sudo apt-get remove certbot

• Install certbot

sudo snap install --classic certbot

• Link command to /usr/bin

sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot

• Get and install cert

sudo certbot --nginx

• Test auto renewal

sudo certbot renew --dry-run