Host a static website in Ubuntu using Nginx

 Install Ngnix Web Server

sudo apt-get install nginx

Controlling Nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx

sudo systemctl stop nginx

sudo systemctl restart nginx

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Firewall

sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full'

sudo ufw reload

Nginx Configuration Directory

cd /etc/nginx

sudo cp nginx.conf nginx.conf.bak

sudo nano nginx.conf

Verify this line is uncommented, include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;




cd sites-available

sudo nano default




server { listen 80 default_server; listen [::]:80 default_server; server_name _; root /home/ravi/www/html; index index.html; location / { # First attempt to serve request as file, then # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404. try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } }

Restart Server

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Source: https://medium.com/@jasonrigden/how-to-host-a-static-website-with-nginx-8b2dd0c5b301