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NginX is a lightweight open source Web server .

Contents 1 Installation 1.1 Latest Stable 2 Configuration 2.1 Remove Server Info 2.1.1 Version 2.1.2 Server Info in Response Header 2.2 Virtual Host 2.2.1 Default 3 PHP 4 Use with Tomcat 5 Example

Installation

$ sudo apt-get install nginx

Latest Stable

• To get the latest stable version

Add the following repo info to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx

• Add Key

wget -q http://nginx.org/packages/keys/nginx_signing.key -O- | sudo apt-key add - 

• Install

Get error like

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dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nginx_1.2.6-1~precise_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/logrotate.d/nginx', which is also in package nginx-common 1.1.19-1ubuntu0.1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nginx_1.2.6-1~precise_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

$ sudo apt-get remove nginx-common 

$ sudo apt-get install nginx 

• PROBLEM: NO extra modules.

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;
  }
}

• For SSL

server {
  listen      443 ssl;
  listen      127.0.0.1:443;
  server_name	localhost;
  root				/var/www;
  index       index.php index.html index.htm;

  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/server.key;

  location / {
    index     index.php 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      443 ssl;
  listen      127.0.0.1:443;
  server_name localhost;
  root        /var/www;
  index       index.php index.html index.htm;

  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/server.key;

  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;
  }
}

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;
  }
}