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Nginx Cheat Sheet
Print-ready cheat sheet for Nginx, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use
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What's in this cheat sheet
- Installation
- Basic Config
- Server Blocks
- Location Blocks
- Reverse Proxy
- SSL / TLS
- Load Balancing
- Static Files & Caching
- Logging
- Security
- Common Patterns
Install by OS
Ubuntu / Debian | `sudo apt install nginx` |
RHEL / CentOS | `sudo dnf install nginx` |
macOS | `brew install nginx` |
Alpine | `apk add nginx` |
Docker | `docker run -p 80:80 nginx` |
Service Management
sudo systemctl start nginx | Start Nginx |
sudo systemctl stop nginx | Stop Nginx |
sudo systemctl reload nginx | Reload config (no downtime) |
sudo systemctl enable nginx | Enable on boot |
nginx -t | Test config syntax |
nginx -T | Test and dump full config |
nginx -s reload | Signal running process to reload |
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