nginx

Identity

• Unit: nginx.service
• Config: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/, /etc/nginx/conf.d/
• Logs: journalctl -u nginx, /var/log/nginx/access.log, /var/log/nginx/error.log
• User: www-data (Debian/Ubuntu), nginx (RHEL/Fedora)
• Distro install: apt install nginx / dnf install nginx

Key Operations

• Validate config: nginx -t
• Full config dump: nginx -T (merged, useful for debugging includes)
• Reload (no downtime): sudo systemctl reload nginx
• Restart: sudo systemctl restart nginx
• Test specific config: nginx -t -c /path/to/test.conf

Expected Ports

• 80/tcp (HTTP), 443/tcp (HTTPS)
• Verify: ss -tlnp | grep nginx
• Firewall: sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full' or sudo ufw allow 80,443/tcp