lab2-custom_config.md

backup the original nginx config file - move it to a new name

sudo mv /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.old

make new nginx config file with the original name:

sudo vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add the following lines to the config file

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;

events {
        worker_connections 768;
}

http {
    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
    include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

    server {
        listen 83;
        return 200 "this server listens on 83\n";
    }
}

save and exit -> ESC -> :x ENTER

sudo nginx -s reload -> to reload the config

curl localhost:83 to call the server listening on port83

ubuntu@ip-10-1-1-4:/$ curl localhost:83
this server listens on 83