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--- nginx_serverblock [2015/04/04 16:47] – created luke7858
+++ nginx_serverblock [2024/05/23 07:26] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-First we need to **/etc/nginx/nginx.conf** to allow virtual hosts (known as server blocks when using nginx)
+=== Basic HTTP-only nginx server_block ===
+\\
+First we need to edit **/etc/nginx/nginx.conf** to allow virtual hosts (known as server blocks when using nginx)
 This guide will show how to configure server blocks in the same manner as Ubuntu apache vhosts, using sites-available and sites-enabled.
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     server_name lukeshirnia.co.uk www.lukeshirnia.co.uk;
     access_log /var/log/nginx/lukeshirnia.co.uk.access.log;
-    error_log /var/log/nginx/lukeshirnia.co.uk.access.log;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/lukeshirnia.co.uk.error.log;
     root /var/www/html/lukeshirnia.co.uk;
 location / {
     index index.html index.htm index.php;
+    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
 }
 location ~ \.php$ {
     include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
-    fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
+    fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000; #this means php-fpm will run on a port
+    # fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/example.com.sock; or you could have php-fpm running on a socket
     fastcgi_index index.php;
     fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/html/lukeshirnia.co.uk$fastcgi_script_name;
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 You can see that php will be handled by PHP-FPM listening on port 9000. This port does not need to be opened. If you type: netstat -plnt you will be able to see PHP-FPM listening to the port.
-Once the vhost had been created we will need to create a symbolic link from /sites-available/ to /sites-enabled/.
+Once the vhost had been created we will need to create a symbolic link from **/sites-available/** to **/sites-enabled/**.
-Moving into the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ directory and type the following:
+Moving into the **/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/** directory and type the following:
+<sxh bash>
 ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/lukeshirnia.co.uk
+</sxh>
 Your vhost should now work.
-If you wish to take a site offline for any reason, you can remove the symbolic link by using the ‘rm’ command on the vhost in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
+If you wish to take a site offline for any reason, you can remove the symbolic link by using the 'rm' command on the vhost in **/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/**
 And you are DONE!
-Restart PHP-FPM and nginx if you face any issues.
+**Restart PHP-FPM** and nginx if you face any issues.