RASPBERRY Pi ZERO 2W running nginx WEB SERVER

This procedure shows how to turn a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W into a web server to host your own website. After installing the operating system, you need to install the nginx web server. As an operating system, I recommend to install DietPi OS with SSH enabled. Since there's no desktop interface, you can connect to the Pi Zero using PuTTY software. On YouTube you can find lot of video about installing the operating system using the Raspberry Pi Imager software. If you want to create your own web server, follow these instructions.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2W running nginx web server

UPDATE THE SYSTEM

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo reboot

INSTALL NGINX

sudo apt install nginx -y

START THE SERVER

sudo systemctl start nginx

ENABLE NGINX TO BOOT

sudo systemctl enable nginx

ENABLE WRITING PERMISSIONS

sudo usermod -aG www-data $USER
sudo chown -R $USER:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html
sudo systemctl restart nginx

OPTIMIZE PI ZERO

sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
worker_processes 1 //chenge the value of worker_processes to 1

VERIFY NGINX

sudo systemctl status nginx //in the row "Active" you should read in green "active (running)".

Now your web server is ready to host your website. Copy your html files into the folder /var/www/html. I use WinSCP to transfer files from PC to the web server.

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