Would you like to learn how to add a custom header on the Nginx server? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to configure the Nginx server to add a header.
• Ubuntu 18
• Ubuntu 19
• Ubuntu 20
• Nginx 1.18.0
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Tutorial Nginx – Add a custom header
Install the Nginx server.
Edit the Nginx configuration file for the default website.
Add the following line to the configuration file.
Here is the file, before our configuration.
Here is the file, after our configuration.
Restart the Nginx service.
In our example, we configured the Nginx server to add a custom header named TEST.
From a remote computer, try to access a page from the Nginx server.
Here is the command output.
Congratulations! You are able to add headers to an Nginx server.
