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Restarting Nginx

Niginx is primarily a web server, but it can also run as a proxy server, load balancer and a HTTP cache.

If you’re running on Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat or CentOS, the following are several ways of restarting Nginx.

# /etc/init.d/nginx restart
# /etc/init.d/nginx reload
# service nginx restart
# service nginx reload
# nginx -s reload

The last example is more universal and will run in any Linux flavor.

Laravel Forge Edit .env

Laravel Forge was recently upgraded with several new features. You can now edit your .env file directly from within Forge. It’s easier and faster than adding each environmental variable. In addition, you can also create and manage Nginx load balancing servers to balance your application load. With Forge, you can now deploy a new server in just minutes from any of the three cloud hosting service providers: Linode, Digital Ocean and now Amazon Web Services.

WordPress Permalinks on Nginx

If you’re running WordPress on Nginx, you may have an issue with WordPress permalinks. This article explains nicely what you need to do to configure Nginx. What the article failed to do is mention the Nginx configuration filename and its location. The filename is nginx.conf, and it’s usually located in the directory /usr/local/nginx/conf, /etc/nginx, or /usr/local/etc/nginx, depending on your Linux distro.

# WordPress installed on root directory
location / {
  index index.php index.html index.htm;
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
 
# WordPress installed on /blog sub-directory
location /blog/ {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /blog/index.php?$args;
}

You need to reload Nginx for changes to take effect. For Ubuntu:

$ sudo service nginx restart
# or
$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart

WordPress Permalinks on Nginx

You’ve abandoned Apache for a faster, newer and sleeker Nginx. Installation was a breeze. WordPress is just humming along until you start clicking links within WordPress. You realized the permalinks are broken, which is a biggie. So, here’s how you fix WordPress permalinks on Nginx.

WordPress on root directory

# Edit nginx config
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
# Add the following lines to the file.
location / {
index index.php index.html index.htm;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?args;
}

WordPress in a subdirectory under root

location /wordpress/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ /wordpress/index.php?args;
}

Restart Nginx

# must restart nginx for the changes to take effect
sudo nano service nginx restart

Install Nginx on Ubuntu Server

nginx (pronounced engine x) is an HTTP and reverse proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. nginx is gaining traction over the years due to its exceptional speed. The latest Netcraft web survey indicate that 14.42 percent of the Internet of websites runs on Nginx.

If you looking to replace your Apache web server or just want to play around with nginx, here are the really simple instructions on how to install nginx on any Ubuntu Server.

# run update
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
# install nginx
sudo apt-get install nginx
# start nginx
sudo service nginx start

Open your browser and point it to the IP address of your Ubuntu Server.

You’ll see this if your installation was successful.

nginx-page