{"id":6207,"date":"2021-04-03T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T07:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2021-04-03T13:24:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T07:54:31","slug":"nginx-missing-sites-available-directory-in-the-nginx-configuration-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/nginx-missing-sites-available-directory-in-the-nginx-configuration-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Nginx missing sites-available directory in the Nginx configuration directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nginx missing sites-available directory in the Nginx configuration directory<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date: 03-04-2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you installed Nginx on Centos 7 to set up virtual host files, you are unable to find the <strong><code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-available<\/code><\/strong> in<strong><code> \/etc\/nginx<\/code><\/strong> directory. You can follow the below steps to enable this option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Create the below directories in the nginx configuration directory. <strong><code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-availabe<\/code><\/strong> and  <strong><code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled<\/code><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Open <strong><code>\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf<\/code><\/strong> file and edit to add blow line in <strong><code>http<\/code><\/strong> block.<br><strong><code>include \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/*; <\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Restart the nginx service by using below command<br><strong><code>#systemctl restart nginx<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Now you can create vhost file inside sites-available and you can create a symlink for them inside sites-enabled for those you want enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> If you prefer a more direct approach to create vhost file without symlinking between sites-available and sites-enabled, you can follow below steps.<br>1. Create the <strong><code>conf.d<\/code><\/strong> directory in <strong><code>\/etc\/nginx<\/code><\/strong> if it doesn&#8217;t already exist and make sure to give it the right permissions\/ownership like root or www-data.<br>2. Open <strong><code>\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf<\/code><\/strong> file and edit to add blow line in <strong><code>http<\/code><\/strong> block.<br><strong><code>include \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/*.conf;<\/code><\/strong><br>3. Create your separate config files like <strong><code>domain name.conf<\/code><\/strong> into the directory conf.d<br>4. Restart the nginx service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nginx missing sites-available directory in the Nginx configuration directory Date: 03-04-2021 Once you installed Nginx on Centos 7 to set up virtual host files, you are unable to find the \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available in \/etc\/nginx directory. You can follow the below steps to enable this option. 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