Answer by Ders for Difference in sites-available vs sites-enabled vs conf.d...
With respect to containers [Docker]As mentioned in a comment, the sites-* abstraction does not make sense when using containers.It's important to note that sites-available|sites-enabled is a Debian-ism...
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What's Going On?You must be using Debian or Ubuntu, since the evilsites-available / sites-enabled logic is not used by the upstream packaging of nginx from http://nginx.org/packages/.In either case,...
View ArticleAnswer by Yaroslav Nikitenko for Difference in sites-available vs...
I would like to add to the previous answers that the most important is not how you call the directories (though that is a very useful convention), but what you actually put in nginx.conf. Example...
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The sites-* folders are managed by nginx_ensite and nginx_dissite. For Apache httpd users who find this with a search, the equivalents is a2ensite/a2dissite.The sites-available folder is for storing...
View ArticleAnswer by larsks for Difference in sites-available vs sites-enabled vs conf.d...
Typically, the sites-enabled folder is used for virtual host definitions, while conf.d is used for global server configuration. If you're supporting multiple web sites -- i.e., virtual hosts -- then...
View ArticleDifference in sites-available vs sites-enabled vs conf.d directories (Nginx)?
I have some experience using linux but none using nginx. I have been tasked with researching load-balancing options for an application server. I have used apt-get to install nginx and all seems fine.I...
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