To configure Nginx to serve multiple websites on the same server, you can follow these steps:
Install Nginx:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx
sudo yum install nginx
Create directories for each website:
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/website1
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/website2
Assign ownership of the directories to the web server user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/website1
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/website2
Create Nginx server blocks:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/website1
Add the following configuration (replace example.com with your domain name and /var/www/website1 with the correct path):
server {
listen 80;
server_name website1.com www.website1.com;
root /var/www/website1;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/website2
Add the following configuration (replace example.com with your domain name and /var/www/website2 with the correct path):
server {
listen 80;
server_name website2.com www.website2.com;
root /var/www/website2;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}
Link the server block configuration files:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/website1 /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/website2 /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the Nginx configuration:
sudo nginx -t
If the test is successful, reload Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Ensure your domain names point to the correct IP address of your server.
By following these steps, you should have Nginx configured to serve multiple websites on the same server.