🚀 Deploying a Static Website on Nginx (Beginner DevOps Project)

As part of my DevOps learning journey, I successfully deployed a static website on an Ubuntu VM using Nginx. This project helped me understand real-world web hosting fundamentals. 🛠️ Tech Stack Ubuntu Linux 🐧 Nginx 🌐 HTML, CSS, Images 🎨 🔧 What I Did Installed and enabled Nginx Deployed website files to /var/www/html Set correct permissions and ownership Validated configuration and service health sudo nginx -t curl -I http:// A 200 OK response ✅ confirmed the site was live. 🔍 DevOps Checks Verified access and error logs 📄 Ensured Nginx starts on boot 🔁 Confirmed availability after restarts 📌 Key Takeaways Nginx is fast and reliable for static content ⚡ Linux permissions directly impact deployments 🔐 Logs and HTTP codes are essential for troubleshooting 🧠 This small project strengthened my DevOps fundamentals. More hands-on labs coming soon! 🚀