linode notes

notes.md

all notes written for ubuntu 16.04 LTS

mv - rename and/or move files adduser - add user which - path to bin

nginx

• nginx lives at /etc/nginx
• roughly speaking, the configs in ./sites-enabled define sites that are being served
• ./sites-available is a sort of staging area
• commonly(?) you enable a config that's in ./sites-available by symlinking it from ./sites-enabled: sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
• actual site files being served are generally stored in /var/www/html
• nginx must reload configurations for changes to ./sites-enabled to take effect: sudo nginx -s reload