Nginx Configuration

1. Virtual Host

2. HTTPS

Edit /etc/nginx/sites-avaiable/default. The configuration for HTTPS is already there but commented out. Uncomment the two lines that start with "listen" then add the locations for the SSL certificate and certificate key. For example:

    listen 443 ssl default_server;
    listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/sun.cer;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/sun.key;

3. Allow ~/public_html

Edit /etc/nginx/sites-available/default and add the following:

    location ~ ^/~(.+?)(/.*)?$ {
    alias /home/$1/public_html$2;
    index index.html index.htm;
    autoindex on;
    }

4. PHP

First install FastCGI Process Manager and a few other packages commonly used in PHP development:

> sudo apt install php-fpm php-mysql composer

You need to pay attention to which PHP version is installed (e.g. php7.0 or php7.2) as this version number is used in various places later. Here we assume it's 7.2.

Edit /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini and set cgi.fix_pathinfo to 0 as recommended here, then restart the PHP processor:

> sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm

Edit /ect/nginx/sites-available/default, uncomment the parts related to php-fpm and add index.php (read the comments in the file carefully). You'll need to change php7.0-fpm.sock to the actual PHP version number (e.g. php7.2-fpm.sock). Save and check the configuration and reload Nginx.

4. Reverse Proxy

5. Misc.

6. Common Commands