# hello world
instruction to prepare nginx site configuration
## nginx site configuration
the site configuration is created within `/etc/nginx/sites-available/`
```bash
cd /etc/nginx/sites-available
```
create a new file for the domain...or easier, copy the exisiting one:
```bash
sudo cp default *my_domain*
```
and edit the file:
```bash
sudo vi *my_domain*
```
```nginx
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name *my_domain*;
root /var/www/*my_domain*/;
index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}
```
## folder structure
change to directory `/var/www/`:
```bash
cd /var/www/
```
and create a subfolder for the own domain/website:
```bash
sudo mkdir /var/www/*my_domain*
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/*my_domain*
```
## create hello-world index.html
```bash
sudo vi /var/www/*my_domain*/index.html
```
```html
Welcome!
Hello World!
```
```bash
sudo chown www-data:www-data index.html
```
## enable, verify and restart
enable the new site:
```bash
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/*my_domain* /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*my_domain*
```
validate configuration:
```bash
sudo nginx -t
```
restart nginx:
```bash
sudo systemctl restart nginx
```