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Contents 1 Nginx 1.1 Installation 1.2 Configuration 1.2.1 Remove Server Info 1.2.1.1 Version 1.2.1.2 Server Info in Response Header 1.2.2 Virtual Host 1.2.2.1 Default 1.3 PHP 1.4 Use with Tomcat 1.5 Example

Nginx

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;
  }
}