Jekyll Nginx Server

Here’s how to mimic the Jekyll Development Server with Nginx for a production environment.

Create a new sites-available block (make sure to remove the default file, it’s already listening on port 80).

$ cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/
$ sudo nano MYSITE

Copy and paste the following:

server {
  listen 80
  server_name mysite.example.com
  root /YOUR-JEKYLL-SITE-PATH/_site

# Cache controle
  expires 30s
  add_header Cache-Control public
  add_header ETag ""

# Error Pages
  error_page 404 /404.html
  error_page 500 /500.html

# Your static assets that won't need the cache reloaded.
  location ~ ^/assets/ {
    expires max
  }

  location ~ /. {
    return 404
    access_log off
    log_not_found off
  }

# Favicon handler
  location = /favicon.ico {
    try_files /favicon.ico =204
    access_log off
    log_not_found off
  }

# 404 handler
  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/ =404
  }
}

Save this file with ctrl+x then Y and enter. Now we have to link our new configuration file to the sites-enabled directory and restart Nginx.

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/MYSITE /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
$ sudo service nginx restart

You’re all set!

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