nginx Windows: setting up sites-available configs

Question

I'm trying to set up Nginx on my Windows development environment. I can't find how to create something similar to "sites-enabled" on Linux where Nginx would look for (links to) active virtual host configurations.

Is there a way to do something similar with a directory with shortcuts to the actual configuration files and Nginx scanning that directory? Or is there another way to hook up a virtual host configuration other than copying the host configuration to nginx.conf?

Answer 1

In windows you have to give full path of the directory where the config files are located. There are two files to update: nginx.conf, which tells nginx where to find web sites, and localhost.conf, which is the configuration for a web site.

It is assumed that nginx is installed in C: ginx. If the installation directory is at another path, you will have to update that path accordingly, wherever it appears in the following two configuration files.

nginx.conf

Location: C: ginxconf

worker_processes  1;
events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}
http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    #to read external configuration.
    include "C:/nginx/conf/sites-enabled/*.conf";
}

localhost.conf

Location: C: ginxconfsites-enabled

server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;
        location / {
            root   html;
            index  index.html index.htm;
        }
        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root   html;
        }
}