chrony-stats/nginx.md

Serve the HTML Report with Nginx

You can use Nginx to serve the HTML report (index.html) either locally for quick access or online for remote monitoring.

Serve Localy with Nginx

1. Install Start and Enable Nginx :

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install nginx
   sudo systemctl start nginx
   sudo systemctl enable nginx
   

2. Create and configure conf file of your site :

   sudo touch /etc/nginx/sites-available/chrony-network-stats
   

   sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/chrony-network-stats
   

   server {
   listen 127.0.0.1:80;
   
   root /var/www/html/chrony-network-stats;
   index index.html;
   
   location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
   }
   }
   

3. Enable the site and reload nginx :

   sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/chrony-network-stats /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/chrony-network-stats
   sudo nginx -t 
   sudo systemctl reload nginx
   

4. Access to your website : Go to http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost in your web browser

   Serve Online with Nginx

⚠️ The instructions are meant only to help you quickly serve the HTML report online. If you're planning to expose the report to the internet, you should follow proper best practices for :

• Secure server configuration
• HTTPS setup
• Access control, firewalls, and authentication
• ...

1. Same like localy but :

   sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/chrony-network-stats
   

   server {
   listen 80;
   server_name HERE; # HERE PLACE YOUR PUBLIC IP OR DOMAIN NAME
   
   root /var/www/chrony-network-stats;
   index index.html;
   
   location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
   }
   }