Linking nginx config with installing - shell

Question

I am trying to install nginx with a shell script but it seems like I have made a mistake:
# INSTALL NGINX
apt-get install nginx
# LINK CONFIGURATION FILE
ln -fs /etc/configuration/nginx/nginx/app.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/app
ln -fs /etc/configuration/nginx/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# RESTART
service nginx restart
My configuration for my app.conf is as such:
server {
listen 80;
root /home/deploy/project123;
server_name www.project123.com;
location / { try_files $uri #app; }
location #app {
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/uwsgi.sock;
}
}
My nginx.conf is such:
user www-data;
worker_processes 1;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}
My code is in: /home/deploy/project123
When I visit the site I get a 404 as if nothing is running. Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong please?

Answer 1

ln -fs /etc/configuration/nginx/nginx/app.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/app
You need to link it to sites-enabled and not available - and it will probably work for you.
I would also not change the name of the conf-file, for clarity:
ln -fs /etc/configuration/nginx/nginx/app.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
would make it work
Looks like you are doing some configuration management of your own, have you check out puppet, chef, cfengine, saltstack?