Settinp up nginx as Static File Server (Minimal)

Settinp up nginx as Static File Server (Minimal)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx
nginx -v

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To start nginx (Linux)
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

To stop nginx (Linux)
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx stop

To reload nginx config (Linux)
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx reload

Location of sites (Linux)
/var/www/

To check to see if it is running
ps -ef | grep nginx

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sudo apt-get install net-tools to install netstat & see netstat -plten

in cloud 9 change etc/nginx/sites-available/default to point to 8080 in place of 80
all other settings are intact.

To make files visible like filesystem

1. vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   location /{
   ... ( some other lines )
   autoindex on;
   ... ( some other lines )
   }
2. cd /var/www/html/
   sudo chown ubuntu .
   rm *
   touch hw.txt