diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0b35970..04f5f43 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Using the Nginx server configs repo directly has a few required steps to be able ### Check `nginx.conf` settings The first thing to check is that the `nginx.conf` file contains appropriate values for -your specific install. +your specific install. Most specific variables are: * `user` @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Most specific variables are: * To verify Nginx config ```shell - $ nginx -t + $ nginx -t ``` * To verify Nginx config with a custom file @@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ Most specific variables are: * To reload Nginx and apply new config ```shell - $ nginx -s reload + $ nginx -s reload ``` - ### Basic structure This repository has the following structure: @@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ This repository has the following structure: ./ ├── conf.d/ │ ├── default.conf -│ └── templates/ +│ └── templates/ ├── h5bp/ │ ├── basic.conf │ ├── location/ @@ -64,8 +63,8 @@ This repository has the following structure: * **`conf.d/`** - This directory should contain all of the `server` definitions. - + This directory should contain all the `server` definitions. + Except if they are dot prefixed or non `.conf` extension, all files in this folder **are** loaded automatically. @@ -78,12 +77,12 @@ This repository has the following structure: * **`h5bp/`** This directory contains config snippets (mixins) to be included as desired. - + There are two types of config files provided, individual config snippets and combined config files which provide convenient defaults. * **`basic.conf`** - + This file loads a small subset of the rules provided by this repository to add expires headers, allow cross domain fonts and protect system files from web access. @@ -113,9 +112,12 @@ To use as reference requires no special installation steps, download/checkout th repository to a convenient location and adapt your existing Nginx configuration incorporating the desired functionality from this repository. +Download the [latest release archive](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-nginx/releases/latest). + ### Directly -To use directly, replace the Nginx config directory with this repository. for example: +To use directly, replace the Nginx config directory with this repository. +For example: ```shell nginx -s stop