nginx.conf

Nginx stable and Nginx mainline both come with their default vendor configuration. This might not be the ideal setup for some people, so you have the chance to change any of those settings, by supplying custom configurations.

If you are rather using Apache, have a look at: apache-conf

[!IMPORTANT] You could actually also create virtual hosts here, but it is recommended to use the Devilbox Auto-vhost generation feature. If you want to custimize your current virtual hosts have a look at:

vhost-gen: vhost-gen-virtual-host-templates

vhost-gen: vhost-gen-customize-all-virtual-hosts-globally

vhost-gen: vhost-gen-customize-specific-virtual-host

vhost-gen: vhost-gen-example-add-sub-domains

General

You can set custom nginx.conf configuration options for each Nginx version separately. See the directory structure for Nginx configuration directories inside ./cfg/ directory:

host> ls -l path/to/devilbox/cfg/ | grep 'nginx'

drwxr-xr-x  2 cytopia cytopia 4096 Mar  5 21:53 nginx-mainline/
drwxr-xr-x  2 cytopia cytopia 4096 Mar  5 21:53 nginx-stable/

Customization is achieved by placing a file into cfg/nginx-X/ (where X stands for your Nginx flavoour). The file must end by .conf in order to be sourced by the web server.

Each of the Nginx configuration directories already contain an example file: devilbox-custom.conf-example, that can simply be renamed to devilbox-custom.conf. This file holds some example values that can be adjusted or commented out.

In order for the changes to be applied, you will have to restart the Devilbox.

Examples

Adjust KeepAlive settings for Nginx stable

The following examples shows you how to change the keepalive, the keepalive_requests as well as the keepalive_timeout values of Nginx stable.

# Navigate to the Devilbox directory
host> cd path/to/devilbox

# Navigate to Nginx stable config directory
host> cd cfg/nginx-stable

# Create new conf file
host> touch keep_alive.conf

Now add the following content to the file:

keepalive 10;
keepalive_timeout 10s;
keepalive_requests 100;

In order to apply the changes you need to restart the Devilbox.

[!NOTE] The above is just an example demonstration, you probably need other values for your setup. So make sure to understand how to configure Nginx, if you are going to change any of those settings.

Adjust timeout settings for Nginx mainline

The following examples shows you how to adjust various timeout settings for Nginx mainline by adjusting client_body_timeout, client_header_timeout and send_timeout directives.

# Navigate to the Devilbox directory
host> cd path/to/devilbox

# Navigate to Nginx mainline config directory
host> cd cfg/nginx-mainline

# Create new conf file
host> touch timeouts.conf

Now add the following content to the file:

client_body_timeout 60s;
client_header_timeout 60s;
send_timeout 60s;

In order to apply the changes you need to restart the Devilbox.

[!NOTE] The above is just an example demonstration, you probably need other values for your setup. So make sure to understand how to configure Nginx, if you are going to change any of those settings.