Building a Self-Hosted Image Hosting Service with Nginx on Ubuntu
Setting Up Nginx for Image Storage on Ubuntu
Installing Nginx
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nginx
Creating the Storage Directory
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/images/blog
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/images/blog
Nginx Configuration
Edit the configuration file at /etc/nginx/sites-available/default:
server {
listen 80;
server_name ...
Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:48:27 +0000 by krabople