configuring-nginxlisted

# Configuring nginx ## Purpose Guide engineers through configuring nginx for common web infrastructure needs: static file serving, reverse proxying backend applications, load balancing across multiple servers, SSL/TLS termination, caching, and performance optimization. Provides production-ready configurations with security best practices. ## When to Use This Skill Use when working with: - Setting up web server for static sites or single-page applications - Configuring reverse proxy for Node.js, Python, Ruby, or Go applications - Implementing load balancing across multiple backend servers - Terminating SSL/TLS for HTTPS traffic - Adding caching layer for performance improvement - Building API gateway functionality - Protecting against DDoS with rate limiting - Proxying WebSocket connections Trigger phrases: "configure nginx", "nginx reverse proxy", "nginx load balancer", "enable SSL in nginx", "nginx performance tuning", "nginx caching", "nginx rate limiting" ## Installation **Ubuntu/Debian:** ```bash sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx -y sudo systemctl enable nginx sudo systemctl start nginx ``` **RHEL/CentOS/Rocky:** ```bash sudo dnf install nginx -y sudo systemctl enable nginx sudo systemctl start nginx ``` **Docker:** ```bash docker run -d -p 80:80 -v /path/to/config:/etc/nginx/conf.d nginx:alpine ``` ## Quick Start Examples ### Static Website Serve HTML/CSS/JS files from a directory: ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name example.com www.exam