Nginx convert conf.d directory to the sites-available directory setup

Last updated on December 16th, 2022 at 10:54 pm.

To convert an NGINX server from using the conf.d directory to the sites-available directory to store configuration files, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a sites-available directory if it does not already exist:

sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-available
sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

2. Copy the configuration files from the conf.d directory to the sites-available directory:

sudo cp /etc/nginx/conf.d/* /etc/nginx/sites-available/

3. Create symbolic links from the sites-available directory to the sites-enabled directory for each configuration file:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/* /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

4. Remove the configuration files from the conf.d directory:

sudo rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/*

5. Modify the include line in the main NGINX configuration file (/etc/nginx/nginx.conf) to include the sites-enabled directory instead of the conf.d directory:

include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

6. Restart NGINX to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

This will convert the NGINX server to use the `sites-available directory.