nginx is ready to serve

What to do next

1. Place your site files in /usr/share/nginx/html or update root in your server block.
2. Drop a new config file into /etc/nginx/conf.d/yoursite.conf.
3. Validate with nginx -t.
4. Apply with sudo systemctl reload nginx.
5. Refresh the browser and confirm the new site responds.

Logs and diagnostics

Errors are written to /var/log/nginx/error.log. Access lines go to access.log. Watch them live with tail -f while you experiment.

HTTPS

Pair nginx with an ACME client for automatic certificates, or stack it behind a TLS-terminating load balancer if you prefer. Most setups also enable HTTP/2 by appending http2 on the listen 443 ssl line.

Tuning knobs

• worker_processes auto for one worker per CPU.
• worker_connections for max sockets per worker.
• gzip on for transparent compression.
• keepalive_timeout to tune how long clients hold a connection.

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