{"id":21478,"date":"2017-02-08T07:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=21478"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:20","slug":"how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-and-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-and-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set up Nginx Server Blocks on Ubuntu and CentOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Set up Nginx Server Blocks on Ubuntu and CentOS\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/How-to-Set-up-Nginx-Server-Blocks-on-Ubuntu-and-CentOS-1-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, we are going to provide you with step by step instructions on how to set up nginx server blocks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">Ubuntu 16.04 <\/a> and\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\">CentOS 7.<\/a> Nginx server blocks are often used to run multiple websites on a single IP address.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Note that this tutorial is for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/nginx-hosting.html\">Nginx<\/a> only. If you use Apache, you&#8217;ll need to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/apache-virtual-hosts-on-centos\/\"><em>set up virtual hosts<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662bd55e9539a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662bd55e9539a\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-and-centos\/#1-Install-Nginx-on-Ubuntu\" title=\"1. Install Nginx on Ubuntu\">1. Install Nginx on Ubuntu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-and-centos\/#2-Install-Nginx-on-CentOS\" title=\"2. Install Nginx on CentOS\">2. Install Nginx on CentOS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-and-centos\/#3-Configure-nginx-and-set-up-nginx-server-blocks\" title=\"3. Configure nginx and set up nginx server blocks\">3. Configure nginx and set up nginx server blocks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-and-centos\/#4-Test-the-Nginx-configuration\" title=\"4. Test the Nginx configuration\">4. Test the Nginx configuration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Install-Nginx-on-Ubuntu\"><\/span>1. Install Nginx on Ubuntu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Make sure your server OS packages are fully up-to-date:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get update \r\napt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<p>Stop and remove Apache, then install nginx using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>service apache2 stop\r\napt-get remove apache2\r\napt-get autoremove\r\napt-get install nginx<\/pre>\n<p>Remove the default nginx configuration file:<\/p>\n<pre>rm \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/default<\/pre>\n<p>Enable nginx service to start on boot and start it:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl enable nginx\r\nsystemctl start nginx.service<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Install-Nginx-on-CentOS\"><\/span>2. Install Nginx on CentOS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Make sure that all OS packages are up to date by running the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>yum clean all\r\nyum update<\/pre>\n<p>Stop and remove Apache if it is installed and running on your virtual server:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl stop httpd\r\nsystemctl disable httpd\r\nyum remove httpd<\/pre>\n<p>Install nginx:<\/p>\n<pre>yum install nginx<\/pre>\n<p>Also, you may want to install PHP and MariaDB, so run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>yum install nginx mariadb mariadb-server php php-fpm php-cli php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml<\/pre>\n<p>Edit the \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf configuration file and change:<\/p>\n<pre>user = apache\r\ngroup = apache<\/pre>\n<p>to:<\/p>\n<pre>user = www-data\r\ngroup = www-data<\/pre>\n<p>Run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>chown www-data: -R \/var\/lib\/php\/session<\/pre>\n<p>Start the PHP-FPM, Nginx and MariaDB services and enable them to start on boot:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl start php-fpm\r\nsystemctl start nginx\r\nsystemctl start mariadb<\/pre>\n<pre>systemctl enable php-fpm\r\nsystemctl enable nginx\r\nsystemctl enable mariadb<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Configure-nginx-and-set-up-nginx-server-blocks\"><\/span>3. Configure nginx and set up nginx server blocks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s configure the core directives in the main nginx configuration file named &#8216;nginx.conf&#8217;. It should be located in the \/etc\/nginx\/ directory on your server.<\/p>\n<pre>vi \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf<\/pre>\n<pre>user www-data;\r\nworker_processes 4;\r\npid \/var\/run\/nginx.pid;<\/pre>\n<p><strong>user<\/strong> &#8211; a user which will own and run the nginx server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>worker_processes<\/strong> &#8211; in general, it is best to set the nginx worker_processes config to the number of CPUs. If for example you are using our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\">SSD 4 VPS<\/a> plan, set worker_processes to 4.<\/p>\n<p>To check the number of CPUs on your server, you may use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>#cat \/proc\/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l\r\n\r\n4<\/pre>\n<p><strong>pid<\/strong> &#8211; the location where nginx will write its master process ID, or PID.<\/p>\n<p>If you use CentOS, create a new Nginx configuration file for your website:<\/p>\n<pre>vi \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/domain1.com.conf<\/pre>\n<p>Add the following content:<\/p>\n<pre>server {\r\n    server_name www.domain1.com domain1.com;\r\n    listen 80;\r\n    root \/var\/www\/html\/domain1.com;\r\n    access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/domain1.com-access.log;\r\n    error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/domain1.com-error.log;\r\n    index index.php;\r\n \r\n    location \/ {\r\n        try_files  $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$args;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~* \\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ {\r\n        access_log off;\r\n        expires max;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ \\.php$ {\r\n        try_files $uri = 404;\r\n        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;\r\n        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;\r\n        fastcgi_index index.php;\r\n        include \/etc\/nginx\/fastcgi_params;\r\n        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ \/\\.ht {\r\n        deny all;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p>If you need to host more than one website on the same server (using the same IP address), you can create a new server block. It is best to create a new configuration file for each website.<\/p>\n<p>For example, create a second nginx configuration file named \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/domain2.com.conf and add the same content as \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/domain1.com.conf , but make sure to replace domain1.com with the second domain name including the document root of your website, location of log files etc.:<\/p>\n<pre>server {\r\n    server_name www.domain2.com domain2.com;\r\n    listen 80;\r\n    root \/var\/www\/html\/domain2.com;\r\n    access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/domain2.com-access.log;\r\n    error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/domain2.com-error.log;\r\n    index index.php;\r\n \r\n    location \/ {\r\n        try_files  $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$args;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~* \\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ {\r\n        access_log off;\r\n        expires max;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ \\.php$ {\r\n        try_files $uri = 404;\r\n        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;\r\n        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;\r\n        fastcgi_index index.php;\r\n        include \/etc\/nginx\/fastcgi_params;\r\n        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    location ~ \/\\.ht {\r\n        deny all;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p>If you use Ubuntu OS, create the &#8216;domain1.com.conf&#8217; nginx configuration file to the \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available directory.<\/p>\n<pre>vi \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/domain1.com.conf<\/pre>\n<p>(add the same content as the content listed above, i.e. \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/domain1.com.conf on a CentOS server).<\/p>\n<p>Then, create a symbolic link from this file to the sites-enabled directory:<\/p>\n<pre>ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/example.com \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/<\/pre>\n<p>Repeat the same procedure and create new configuration files for all other websites hosted on the server.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Test-the-Nginx-configuration\"><\/span>4. Test the Nginx configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre>nginx -t<\/pre>\n<p>It the test is successful, restart the Nginx service:<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl restart nginx<\/pre>\n<p>Upload your website files to the \/var\/www\/html\/domain1.com , \/var\/www\/html\/domain2.com \/var\/www\/html\/domainN.com directories.<\/p>\n<p>The web server user (www-data) needs to have access to \/var\/www\/html\/domain1.com , \/var\/www\/html\/domain2.com , \/var\/www\/html\/domainN.com directories. It can easily be accomplished by executing the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/<\/pre>\n<p>Of course you don&#8217;t have to How to Set up Nginx Server Blocks on Ubuntu and CentOS,\u00a0 if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/nginx-hosting.html\">Nginx VPS Hosting services<\/a>, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to <strong>set up nginx server blocks<\/strong> for you. 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