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diff --git a/content/basic/nginx.md b/content/basic/nginx.md index 3ec3af7..d76fb54 100644 --- a/content/basic/nginx.md +++ b/content/basic/nginx.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for your password, and you can just copy or type in the password from Vultr\'s site. If you get an error here, you might not have done your [DNS -settings](dns.html) right. Double check those. Note you can also replace +settings](/basic/dns) right. Double check those. Note you can also replace the `example.org` with your IP address, but you\'ll want to fix your DNS settings soon. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ apt install nginx The first command checks for packages that can be updated and the second command installs any updates. -The third command installs `nginx` (pronounced Engine-X) which is the +The third command installs `nginx` (pronounced Engine-X), which is the web server we\'ll be using, along with some other programs. ### Our nginx configuration file @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ in `/var/www/`. Name the directory in that whatever you want. a website, say `landchad.net`, you are actually going to a file at `landchad.net/index.html`. That\'s all that is. Note that that this in concert with the line above mean that `/var/www/landchad/index.html`, a -file on our computer that we\'ll create will be the main page of our +file on our computer that we\'ll create, will be the main page of our website. Lastly, the `location` block is really just telling the server how to @@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ powerful, but this is all we need them for now. ### Create the directory and index for the site We\'ll actually start making a \"real\" website later, but let\'s go -ahead and create a little page that will appear on when someone looks up +ahead and create a little page that will appear when someone looks up the domain. ```sh mkdir /var/www/{{<hl>}}mysite{{</hl>}} ``` -Now let\'s create and index file inside of that directory which will +Now let\'s create an index file inside of that directory, which will appear when the website is accessed: ```sh @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ systemctl reload nginx ## The Firewall {#firewall} -Vultr and some other VPS automatically install and enable `ufw`, a +Vultr and some other VPSes automatically install and enable `ufw`, a firewall program. This will block basically everything by default, so we have to change that. If you don\'t have `ufw` installed, you can skip this section. @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ encrypted connections. We will certainly need that for the next page. <aside> As you add more services to your website, they might need you to open more ports, but that will be mentioned on individual articles. -(It should be noted that some local services only running for other services on your machine, so you *don't* need to open ports for every process running locally, *only* those that directly interact with the internet, although it's common to run those through NginX for simplicity and security.) +(It should be noted that some local services run only for other services on your machine, so you *don't* need to open ports for every process running locally, *only* those that directly interact with the internet, although it's common to run those through Nginx for simplicity and security.) </aside> @@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ someone could exploit it. Open the main Nginx config file Uncomment it, and reload Nginx. Remember to [keep your server software up to -date](maintenance.html#update) to get the latest security fixes! +date](/../maintenance#update) to get the latest security fixes! -## We now have running website! +## We now have a running website! At this point you can now type in your website in your browser and this webpage will appear! |