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Bonus: setup nginx with symlinks

In order to make nginx's configuration easier, faster and more flexible, I recommend that you create a configuration file per subdomain. These files will need to be put in the /opt/etc/nginx/sites-enabled folder to be active. However, it's even better to put the files in the /opt/etc/nginx/sites-available folder and create symbolic links to activate the subdomains.

If we take the example of a subdomain pointing to the web interface of a Kodi box (point 6.1) :
To create the conf file:

vi /opt/etc/nginx/sites-available/kodi.domain.tld.conf

Paste or type the configuration:

server {
    listen       443;
    server_name  kodi.domain.tld;
...
}

So far, only the folder containing the configuration files have changed. The difference is that to activate the configuration, you just have to type this:

ln -s /opt/etc/nginx/sites-available/kodi.domain.tld.conf /opt/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/kodi.domain.tld.conf && nginx -s reload

nginx -s reload allowing you to reload the nginx configuration to include this new conf file.

The same way, to remove a subdomain:

rm opt/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/kodi.domain.tld && nginx -s reload

Deleting the symlink disables the site without deleting the configuration in sites-available.