Nginx virtual host snippets, ssl configuration & some useful commands

001_nginx_simple_vhost.conf

## VHost for www.example.com without ssl, without proxy, without redirect
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.example.com;

  location / {
    root html/example.com;
    index index.html index.htm;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }
}

## VHost for example.com without ssl, without proxy, without redirect
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name example.com;

  location / {
    root html/example.com;
    index index.html index.htm;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }
}

002_nginx_simple_vhost_with_proxy.conf

## VHost for www.example.com without ssl, with proxy, without redirect
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.example.com;

  location / {
    proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:5000;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }
}

## VHost for example.com without ssl, with proxy, without redirect
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name example.com;

  location / {
    proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:5000;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }
}

003_nginx_simple_vhost_with_ssl.conf

## VHost for www.example.com with ssl, without proxy, without redirect
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.example.com;
  
  return 301 https://www.example.com$request_uri;
}

server {
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  server_name www.example.com;

  location / {
    root html/example.com;
    index index.html index.htm;
    # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }

  # ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /<PATH_TO_SSL>/www.example.com/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /<PATH_TO_SSL>/www.example.com/privkey.pem;
}

## VHost for example.com with ssl, without proxy, without redirect
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name example.com;
  
  return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

server {
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  server_name example.com;

  location / {
    root html/example.com;
    index index.html index.htm;
    # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
  location = /50x.html {
    root html;
  }

  # ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /<PATH_TO_SSL>/www.example.com/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /<PATH_TO_SSL>/www.example.com/privkey.pem;
}