FreeBSD: Nginx Virtual Hosting Configuration

Nginx name-based virtual hosting configurations

You need to create directory structure as follows to host more than two websites under same IP address:

a] /websites : Host each domain under this directory. You need to create dirs as follows:

1. /websites/examples.com/http - Html / php / wordpress / forums files for example.com goes here.


2. /websites/examples.com/logs - Log files for example.com goes here.


3. /websites/examples.com/stats - awstats stats files for example.com goes here.

 

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b] /usr/local/etc/nginx/vhosts: Host each domains configuration under this directory.

Your sample setup

1. IP address: 202.54.1.2


2. HTTP Port: 80


3. Domain1 : theos.in hosted at /websites/theos.in/http


4. Domain2 : cyberciti.biz hosted at /websites/cyberciti.biz/http

Create necessary directories

Type the following commands:
# D=/websites

# NROOT=/usr/local/etc/nginx

# mkdir $D

# mkdir $NROOT/vhosts

# mkdir /var/log/nginx/

# chown root:www /var/log/nginx/

Create / update default cache all ngnix config file

Open /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf file, enter:
# vi /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Update it as follows:

user www www;
worker_processes 1;
 
# main server error log
error_log	/var/log/nginx/error.log ;
pid	/var/run/nginx.pid;
 
events {
	worker_connections 1024;
}
 
# main server config
http {
	include mime.types;
	default_type application/octet-stream;
	log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] $request '
 '"$status" $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
 '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
 
	sendfile on;
	#tcp_nopush on;
 	#keepalive_timeout 0;
	keepalive_timeout 65;
	gzip on;
 
	# default server for ip 202.54.1.2
	server {
 	listen 202.54.1.2:80 default;
 	server_name _;
 	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
 	server_name_in_redirect off;
 	location / {
 		index index.html;
 		root /usr/local/www/nginx;
 	}
	}
 
 # virtual hosting
 include /usr/local/etc/nginx/vhosts/*;
}

Where,

• user www www; :: Setup user and group name for Nginx server.


• worker_processes 1; :: nginx has the ability to use more than one worker process for large systems such as SMP system with tons of ram.


• error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log ; :: Default error log file.


• pid /var/run/nginx.pid; :: Default PID file.


• include mime.types; :: Set Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) for www communication from mime.types files.


• default_type application/octet-stream; :: Set default header media type of the message content


• log_format main ‘$remote_addr – $remote_user [$time_local] $request ‘
  
  ‘”$status” $body_bytes_sent “$http_referer” ‘
  
  ‘”$http_user_agent” “$http_x_forwarded_for”‘; :: Directive log_format describes the format of a log entry.


• sendfile on; :: Activate the usage of sendfile().


• tcp_nopush on; :: This directive permits or forbids the use of the socket options TCP_NOPUSH on FreeBSD or TCP_CORK on Linux. This option is only available when using sendfile.


• keepalive_timeout 65; :: Set keep alive timeout.


• gzip on; :: Turn on gzip


• listen 202.54.1.2:80 default; :: Listen to given IP:port.


• server_name _; :: Assigns the names of virtual server.


• access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main; :: Set path to access file.


• index index.html; :: Set default index file.


• root /usr/local/www/nginx; :: Set default document root.


• include /usr/local/etc/nginx/vhosts/*; :: Process all vhosts config files.

Create theos.in – 1st vhost directories

Type the following commands:
# mkdir $D/theos.in/{http,logs,stats}

# chown -R theosftpuser:theosftpgroup $D/theos.in/

Replace, username:groupname and domain name as per your setup.

THEOS.IN NGINX VIRTUAL HOST CONFIG FILE

Open /usr/local/etc/nginx/vhosts/theos.in.conf file, enter:
# vi $NROOT/vhosts/theos.in.conf

Append configuration as follows:

server {
	listen 80;
 server_name theos.in www.theos.in;
 
 access_log /websites/theos.in/logs/access.log main;
 
 location / {
 root /websites/theos.in/http;
 index index.php index.html index.htm;
 }
 
 error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
 location = /50x.html {
 root /usr/local/www/nginx-dist;
 }
 
 # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
 location ~ \.php$ {
 fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
 fastcgi_index index.php;
 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /websites/theos.in/http$fastcgi_script_name;
 include fastcgi_params;
 }
 
 location ~ /\.ht {
 deny all;
 }
}

Save and close the file.

Create cyberciti.biz – 2nd vhost directories

Type the following commands:
# mkdir $D/cyberciti.biz/{http,logs,stats}

# chown -R user:group $D/cyberciti.biz/

CYBERCITI.BIZ NGINX VIRTUAL HOST CONFIG FILE

# vi $NROOT/vhosts/cyberciti.biz.conf

Append configuration as follows:

server {
	listen 80;
 server_name cyberciti.biz www.cyberciti.biz;
 
 access_log /websites/cyberciti.biz/logs/access.log main;
 
 location / {
 root /websites/cyberciti.biz/http;
 index index.php index.html index.htm;
 }
 
 error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
 location = /50x.html {
 root /usr/local/www/nginx-dist;
 }
 
 # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
 location ~ \.php$ {
 fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
 fastcgi_index index.php;
 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /websites/cyberciti.biz/http$fastcgi_script_name;
 include fastcgi_params;
 }
 
 location ~ /\.ht {
 deny all;
 }
}

Save and close the file. Restart Nginx web server, enter:
# nginx -c /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf -t

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nginx restart

FreeBSD: Nginx Virtual Hosting Configuration