"sites-available" and "default" missing in nginx installation path

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So I was trying to deploy my python-flask app on AWS. I have rented the server and have setup everything. I was using this to do my work of deploying application on AWS server. Up until Step 6 everything was perfect but then as it said in Step 6, I need to add some configurations in default file inside sites-available folder in nginx directory, but in my case I don't have any sites-available folder, I am using Amazon Linux AMI. Can anyone tell me where to add those configurations mentioned in Step 6 or how to create that default file. I even tried to reinstall nginx but the problem doesn't solve, no sites-available folder exists.

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Look for include statements in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf to find out which files and directories are scanned for configuration snippets. There might be something like this:

http {
  ...
  include sites-available/*;  # import any file from /etc/nginx/sites-available
  ...
  include conf.d/*.conf;  # import '*.conf' files from /etc/nginx/conf.d
  ...
}

You can use this to find out which directory is used or just create your own one.

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Try use Ubuntu linux next time, personally think it is way easier to use.

So sites-available folder is in /etc/nginx/. You can do:

sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default, if password required, enter root user password.

Then input following code:

server {
    listen       80;
    listen      [::]:80;
    server_name  localhost;
    client_max_body_size 10M;

    #charset koi8-r;

    #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

    location / {
        # root   html;
        # index  index.html;
        proxy_pass      http://127.0.0.1:5000;
        proxy_redirect  off;
        
        proxy_set_header    Host                $host;
        proxy_set_header    X-Real-IP           $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header    X-Forwarded-For     $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header    X-Forwarded-Proto   $scheme;
    }

Then :wq

Remember to change the PORT if you're not running flask on 5000.

Then do ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled.

Then do sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Check if include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*; is inside http{...} and is not commended

Then :q to quit

Then do sudo nginx -s reload if your nginx is running, or do sudo systemctl start nginx if it is not running.

Then Open http://yourWebsite

For more details for you to understand nginx:

This is not necessary

        proxy_set_header    Host                $host;
        proxy_set_header    X-Real-IP           $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header    X-Forwarded-For     $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header    X-Forwarded-Proto   $scheme;

You can change the default to any other name you want

Folder sites-available is for the different sites on the server

Folder sites-enabled is for the shortcuts of files in sites-available

files in sites-available will be imported through include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*; into nginx.conf

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