Nginx Web Server Setup

• create site configuration file

$ sudo touch /etc/nginx/sites-available/slim_unified_client_rest

• /etc/nginx/sites-available/slim_unified_client_rest

  server {
  listen 80;
  server_name 127.0.0.1;
  location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
  
  # uwsgi-apps
  location / {
    include     uwsgi_params;
    uwsgi_pass  unix:/run/uwsgi/slim_unified_client_rest.sock;
  }
  }
  

• create symbolic link into site-enabled

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/slim_unified_client_rest /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

$ sudo unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/slim_unified_client_rest

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/slim_unified_client_rest /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

• check the configuration and run

$ sudo nginx -t

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

• inspect the web service

$ curl -X GET 127.0.0.1:80

$ curl -X POST 127.0.0.1:80 -d '{
    "image_urls": [
        "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/First_Student_IC_school_bus_202076.jpg",
        "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Labrador_Retriever_portrait.jpg/1200px-Labrador_Retriever_portrait.jpg",
        "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Qantas_a380_vh-oqa_takeoff_heathrow_arp.jpg"
    ]
}'