# How to setup Nginx on Debian
First of all you would need to "ssh" to you're server:
ssh user@127.0.0.1
After successfully loged in on you're server:
sudo apt install nginx
Start Nginx:
sudo systemctl start nginx
Enable to start at reboot:
sudo systemctl enable nginx
Check Nginx status:
systemctl status nginx
> Output should be similar to:
init@init ~ %25 systemctl status nginx
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset:>
Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-10-29 14:02:24 CEST; 1min 22s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 3813 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_proce>
Process: 3815 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; (c>
Main PID: 3816 (nginx)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 2201)
Memory: 6.2M
CPU: 49ms
CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service
├─3816 "nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master>
├─3817 "nginx: worker process" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "">
└─3818 "nginx: worker process" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "">
init@init ~ %25
You're default web root path is:
cd /var/www/html/
`ls`
Output:
init@init /var/www/html %25 ls
index.nginx-debian.html
init@init /var/www/html %25
Curl you're server IP address should give you the output of "Welcome to nginx."
curl 127.0.0.1
Output >
init@init /var/www/html %25 curl 127.0.0.1
Welcome to nginx!
Welcome to nginx!
If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and
working. Further configuration is required.
For online documentation and support please refer to
nginx.org.
Commercial support is available at
nginx.com.
Thank you for using nginx.
init@init /var/www/html %25
Edit or setup specific domain names on Nginx:
cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Copy the default
cp default example.domain
You will find there a helpful documentacion how to do that as example:
vim example.domain
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.domain;
root /var/www/example.domain;
index index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}