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### Add Basic Site

NGINX site-specific configuration files are kept in `/etc/nginx/conf.d/`. Generally you will want a separate file in this directory for each domain or subdomain you will be hosting.
NGINX site-specific configuration files are kept in `/etc/nginx/sites-available` and symlinked into `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/`. Generally you will want to create a separate original file in the `sites-available` directory for each domain or subdomain you will be hosting, and then set up a symlink in the `sites-enabled` directory.

1. Copy the default configuration file. Replace `example.com` with your website's domain name or your Linode's public IP address.

sudo cp /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf
sudo cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com

2. Disable the default configuration file by adding `.disabled` to the filename:
2. Disable the default configuration file by removing the symlink in `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/`:

sudo mv /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.disabled
unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

3. Open your site's configuration file in a text editor. Replace `example.com` in the `server_name` directive with your site's domain name or IP address. If you already have content ready to serve (such as a WordPress installation or static files) replace the path in the `root` directive with the path to your site's content:

{{< file "/etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf" nginx >}}
{{< file "/etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com" nginx >}}
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
server_name example.com

#charset koi8-r;
#access_log /var/log/nginx/host.access.log main;
root /var/www/example.com;
index index.html;

location / {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
index index.html index.htm;
}

#error_page 404 /404.html;

# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}
{{< /file >}}

4. Set up a new symlink to the `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/` directory to enable your configuration:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

### Test NGINX

1. Test your configuration for errors:
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