Web Application Setup - Nginx Set Up

September 2, 2019 • webapp server nginx

NGINX SET UP

Create your apps nginx configuration

... touch /var/www/appname/config/nginx-appname.cfg

The content of your nginx-appname.cfg files should look like this:

upstream appname {
    server unix:/var/run/uwsgi/appname.socket;
}

server {

    listen 80;
    server_name SERVER_IP SERVER_DOMAIN;

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    location /static/ {
        root /var/www/appname/;
    }

    location / {
        uwsgi_pass      appname;
        include         /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
    }

}

Link your nginx config file to nginx’ site config directory:

... cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
... ln -s /var/www/appname/config/appname-nginx.cfg appname

You can check your nginx config by running the following:
```
... sudo nginx -t
```

Make sure we have the firewall open for nginx:

Check the available apps:

... sudo ufw app list
Available applications:
  Nginx Full
  Nginx HTTP
  Nginx HTTPS
  OpenSSH
...

Add one of the nginx options:

... sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'

# enable the firewall 
... sudo ufw enable

Restart nginx.
```
... sudo systemctl restart nginx
```
After this you should be able to access your static files via a webbrowser.