code-snippets/docs/nginx/adding-nginx-site.md

Adding a new site to Nginx in Ubuntu

This guide assumes you already have Nginx running on your server.

Add an available site configuration

Create a new configuration file in the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory. The file will usually be titled after the domain or subdomain you are adding

sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com

For the file contents enter a valid nginx server block configuration. Here is an example:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com www.example.com;
}

Add the site configuration

Once the configuration file is setup we can enable it by creating a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory.

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Test and Update Nginx

Test the configuration file for syntax errors:

sudo nginx -t

If the test is successful, reload Nginx to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl reload nginx