user nginx; worker_processes auto; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log notice; pid /var/run/nginx.pid; events { worker_connections 1024; } http { include /etc/nginx/mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; access_log off; sendfile on; #tcp_nopush on; keepalive_timeout 65; gzip on; server { listen 80; location / { root /usr/share/nginx/html; # for whatever reason, this needs to be decleared on my vps. index index.html index.htm; } } include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; }