nginx.md

Install

From the source

• Install: Confrirm the version.

• make

% tar xzf nginx-1.9.2.tar.gz
% cd nginx-1.9.2
% ./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
% make
% sudo make install

brew(Max OSX)

% brew update
% brew install nginx

# nginx.conf is here
# /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Command

Operation	command	signal
Start	sudo nginx
Finish	sudo nginx -s stop	SIGTERM, SIGINT
Quit(Graceful fini)	sudo nginx -s quit	SIGQUIT
Reload	sudo nginx -s reload	SIGHUP

nginx.conf

• Confirm that the conf is OK
  nginx -t

Server directive

• Define HTTP server virtual host

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

Location directive

• Process matched path with some conditions

location /event/ {
  # DO SOMETHING
}

root directive

• Define content's directory
• It can be written in http context, server context and location context

# http://www.example.com/ is root
location / {
  root html;
}

# http:/www.example.com/html/ is root
location /html/ {
  root html;
}

error_page directive

• URL for error page

error_page 404 @fallback;

location @fallback {
  proxy_pass http://fallback_server;
}