nginx configuration file explained
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I have a few questions about this configuration file "default" in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled. It is shown below.
server 
{
  root /usr/share/nginx/www;
  index index.html index.htm;
# Make site accessible from http://localhost/
server_name localhost;
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
}
location /doc {
    root /usr/share;
    autoindex on;
    allow 127.0.0.1;
    deny all;
}
location /images {
    root /usr/share;
    autoindex off;
   }
}
- There is no "Listen" directive, how does it know to default to 80
 - The server_name is localhost, how does another domain work?
 - Why is the location directive embedded in the server directive? Does that mean these locations ONLY apply to this server?
 - None of my configs have listen 80 default_server; how does nginx then pick what configuration to use?
 
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