Nginx virtual host example for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

hosts

# Location: /mnt/c/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   virtualhost.local www.virtualhost.local

index.php

<?php
// Location: /mnt/c/server/www/virtualhost.local/html/index.php
phpinfo();

symlink.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Location: Anywhere
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/virtualhost.local.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/virtualhost.local.conf;
sudo service nginx restart;

virtualhost.local.conf

# Location: /etc/nginx/sites-available/virtualhost.local.conf
server {
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;
        
        root /mnt/c/server/www/virtualhost.local/html;
        
        index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
        
        server_name virtualhost.local www.virtualhost.local;
        
        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
        
        location ~ \.php {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        }
        
        location ~ /\.ht {
                deny all;
        }
}

@z1haze every instance is different but double check your hosts file. Make sure your symlink is correct. And triple check for typos. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks