Running Static page on Nginx

The last chapter was focusing on installing Nginx, let’s now look at the steps to deploy static web page through port 8079.

Step 1 –> Create a directory to save code-

cd /var/tmp

sudo mkdir Samplecode

cd Samplecode

Step 2 –> Create “Index.html” – a static web page

sudo vi index.html

Step 3 –> Configure Nginx by executing the following commands – first to edit configuration and then restarting Nginx-

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available

sudo vi TEST

cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

sudo ln -s  ../sites-available/TEST

sudo service nginx restart #

Step 4 -> Open browser and access the URL as shown below-

http://<<local system IP>>:8077

You will be able to view your first static homepage. Interesting and easy right ? Try it out !!