Setting up Nginx

1. Install ngingx:

   apt install nginx

2. Enable and start the systemd service:

   systemctl enable nginx.service
   systemctl start nginx.service

3. Configure and enable the webpage: Under /etc/nginx/ should be two directories listed.
   sites-available and sites-enabled.
   sites-available contains config files for exisitng webpages, while sites-enabled contains softlinks to config files in sites-available.

   1. Create a config file (e.g. example.com.conf) in sites-available with the following content:

      server {
      	listen 80;
      
      	server_name example.com;
      
      	root path/to/index.html;
      	index index.html;
      
      	location / {
      		index index.html index.html;
      	}
      }

      Make sure to check the nginx documentation

      This config is really basic. There is much more to be configured.
   2. Create the softlink in sites-enabled:

      cd /etc/nginx/site-enabled
      ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com.conf example.com.conf

   3. Reload config:

      nginx -s reload

HTTPS

I suggest using Let's Encrypt for this.

Basic Authentication

1. Install apache2-utils
2. Generate a new password file

   sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd admin

3. Turn on basic http authentication

   location /admin {
     try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
     auth_basic "Restricted Content";
     auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
   }

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