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Set Up Arch Linux Nginx

Category: VPS Setup

Install Nginx—a high-performance web server—on an Arch Linux VPS—update with

pacman -Syu

install with

pacman -S nginx

and start with

systemctl start nginx

Enable with

systemctl enable nginx

open ports with

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

save with

iptables-save > /etc/iptables/iptables.rules

Test with

curl http://localhost

—expect Nginx page Configure a site in /etc/nginx/conf d/example com conf with

server { listen 80; server_name example.com; root /srv/http/example.com; }

On Vultr this hosts phpMyAdmin—add SSL with pacman -S certbot-nginx ensuring uptime with minimal resource use