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Requirements
- nginx version 1.2.1+
Usage
There are two ways to make use of the contents of this repository, as a reference
or directly as the source for nginx to run from. A number of config snippets are
provided allowing you to pick and choose which features to allow/expose - some
snippets are dependent on other features in this repository. For example rules that
rely on a specific mime type for a given file extension, expect/rely the use of the
bundled mime.types
file.
Using as a reference
To use as reference requires no special installation steps, download/checkout the repository to a convenient location and adapt your existing nginx configuration incorporating the desired functionality from this repository.
Using directly
To use directly, replace the nginx config directory with this repository. for example:
/etc/init.d/nginx stop
cd /etc
mv nginx nginx-previous
git clone git@github.com:h5bp/server-configs-nginx.git nginx
# install-specific edits
/etc/init.d/nginx start
Install specific edits will vary from server to user, minimal steps would be:
- verify the config in
nginx.conf
is appropriate - especially theuser
directive - Copy
sites-available/example.com
tosites-available/mysite.com
and edit appropriately - Activate the new site by linking
mysite.com
into thesites-enabled
directory
Basic structure
This repository has the following structure, which is based on the standard install for a webserver on debian:
.
├── doc
├── h5bp
├── sites-available
└── example.com
├── sites-enabled
├── mime.types
└── nginx.conf
Below is a general description of each section
h5bp
This directory contains config snippets (mixins) to be included as desired. There is more information available about the individual files in About h5bp.
sites-available
This directory should contain all of the server definitions that are available for use. About sites-available.
sites-enabled
This directory should contain only symlinks to enable a specific sites-available
server. About sites-enabled.
mime.types
The mime.types file is responsible for mapping file extensions to mime types.
nginx.conf
The main nginx config file. About nginx.conf.