Configuring Nginx on Webfaction

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1.- Get into the src folder, download & extract nginx source

• cd ~/src
• curl -O http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.0.tar.gz
• tar -xzvf nginx-1.7.0.tar.gz
• cd nginx-1.7.0

2.- Configuring the source

./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/nginx
--sbin-path=$HOME/local/sbin/nginx
--conf-path=$HOME/local/etc/nginx.conf
--error-log-path=$HOME/logs/user/nginx/error.log
--http-log-path=$HOME/logs/user/nginx/access.log
--pid-path=$HOME/local/run/nginx/nginx.pid
--lock-path=$HOME/local/lock/nginx.lock
--http-client-body-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/client/
--http-proxy-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/proxy/
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=$HOME/tmp/nginx/fcgi/
--with-http_flv_module
--with-http_ssl_module
--with-http_gzip_static_module

3.- Compile & Install

• make
• make install

4.- Creating folders

• mkdir -p ~/tmp/nginx/fcgi ~/tmp/nginx/proxy ~/tmp/nginx/client

5.- Modifying the Path

• export PATH=/home/axion/local/sbin:$PATH
• source ~/.bashrc

6.- Create a custom app on Webfaction

7.- The configuration file

• mv ~/local/etc/nginx.conf ~/local/etc/nginx.conf.backup

8.- Edit the configuration file as needed & check it

• nginx -t

9.- Start, Stopping & Reloading

• nginx
• nginx -s stop
• nginx -s reload
• nginx -t

nginx.conf

#user  nobody;
worker_processes  1;

#error_log  logs/error.log;
#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
#error_log  logs/error.log  info;

#pid        logs/nginx.pid;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

	# APPLICATION !!!!!!!!!!
    server {
		listen       14287; # THIS PORT FROM WEBFACTION DASHBOARD
        server_name  frontend.skillask.com;  # SERVER NAME ... only for log :D
		charset utf-8;
		client_max_body_size 1024M;

		gzip on;
		gzip_disable "msie6";
		
		gzip_vary on;
		gzip_proxied any;
		gzip_comp_level 6;
		gzip_buffers 16 8k;
		gzip_http_version 1.1;
		gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

		# STATIC FILE FOR APPLICATION 
		location ~ ^/(static|scripts|styles)/ {
			root /home/erko/webapps/skillask_frontend_6_2_0/dist;  # STATIC FOLDER
		}

		location / {
			proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:1337;  # NODE APPLICATION ... CHANGE PORT !!!! IF OUTLINEJS IS PATCHED!!!!
		}

        #charset koi8-r;
        #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

    }

    # HTTPS server
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       443 ssl;
    #    server_name  localhost;

    #    ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
    #    ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;

    #    ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
    #    ssl_session_timeout  5m;

    #    ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    #    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;

    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}

}

https://github.com/adambrenecki/webfaction-installers/blob/master/utils/supervisor.sh