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NginX is a lightweight open source Web server .

Installation

$ sudo apt-get install nginx

Configuration

Remove Server Info

Version

Modify /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

  server_tokens off;

Server Info in Response Header

• Remove server info in the response header

Install extra modules for changing header

$ sudo apt-get install nginx-extras 

• Add the following line to the http block in the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.

  more_set_headers 'Server: server';

Virtual Host

Default

server {
  listen      80;
  listen      127.0.0.1:80;
  server_name localhost;
  root        /var/www;
  index       index.html index.htm;

  location / {
    index     index.html index.htm;
  }
}

• Restart Nginx

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart 

PHP

$ sudo apt-get install php5-fpm

server {
  listen      80;
  listen      127.0.0.1:80;
  server_name localhost;
  root        /var/www;
  index       index.php index.html index.htm;

  location / {
    index     index.php index.html index.htm;
  }

  location ~ \.php$ {
    try_files $uri =404;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
}

• Restart php5-fpm

$ sudo /etc/init.d/php5-fpm 

Use with Tomcat

server {
  listen      80;
  listen      127.0.0.1:80;
  server_name localhost;
  root        /var/www;

  location /manager {
    proxy_pass              http://localhost:8080;
    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header        Host $http_host;
  }
}

• Add a new file to /etc/nginx/sites-available/

server {
  listen          80;
  listen          127.0.0.1:80;
  server_name     demo.localhost;
  root            /path/to/tomcat/webapps;
  
  location / {
    proxy_pass              http://localhost:8080;
    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header        Host $http_host;
  }

  location ^/$ {
    proxy_pass              http://localhost:8080/default-app;
    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header        Host $http_host;
  }
}

Example

server {
  listen      80;
  listen      127.0.0.1:80;
  server_name localhost;
  root        /var/www;
  index       index.php index.html index.htm;

  location / {
    index     index.php index.html index.htm;
  }

  location /manager {
    proxy_pass              http://localhost:8080;
    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header        Host $http_host;
  }

  location ~ \.php$ {
    try_files $uri =404;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
}