Glad to hear you got it working!

In the future, here’s something that might come in useful. You can check the syntax of Nginx’s configuration files by running:

nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

The error output will give you a hint at what the problem is as well as the line number.

Try to run the following two commands:

sudo fuser -k 80/tcp

sudo fuser -k 443/tcp

Then execute

sudo service nginx restart

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35868976/nginx-not-started-and-cant-start/51684856#51684856

Heres the bug. Its fixed but not showing in Digitaocean repos fix.
You can manually edit this to work.
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/206

If you miss the semicolon symbol “;” at the end of any statement, you may not get the error when trying to start / restart / reload nginx.

Example: Here you will get the error, as ; is missed on line no 3.

    server {
        location / {
            proxy_pass http://localhost:8080
        }

        location ~ \.(gif|jpg|png)$ {
            autoindex on;
            root /data/images;
        }
    }

I am getting below output
nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
nginx: [emerg] PEMreadbioX509AUX(“/etc/pki/tls/certs/logstash-forwarder.crt”) failed (SSL: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEMreadbio:no start line:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE)
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

I dont know what have I missed.

nginx: [alert] could not open error log file: open() “/var/log/nginx/error.log” failed (13: Permission denied)
2016/09/23 03:28:01 [warn] 16707#16707: the “user” directive makes sense only if the master process runs with super-user privileges, ignored in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:1
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
2016/09/23 03:28:01 [emerg] 16707#16707: open() “/run/nginx.pid” failed (13: Permission denied)
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

This is my output after running
nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

I am also getting same kind of error after trying to restart Nginx

nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: [emerg] mkdir() “/var/lib/nginx/body” failed (2: No such file or directory)
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

hello i have some problem with Job for nginx.service failed. See ‘systemctl status nginx.service’ and 'journalctl -xn’ for details.

nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2016-10-30 04:28:58 EDT; 13min a go
Process: 26460 ExecStop=/sbin/start-stop-daemon –quiet –stop –retry QUIT/5 –pidfile /run/nginx.pid (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 26395 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; masterprocess on; -s reload (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 26092 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; masterprocess on; (cod e=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 26486 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 26095 (code=killed, signal=KILL)

Oct 30 04:28:58 bestdealstodays nginx[26486]: nginx: [emerg] could not build…4
Oct 30 04:28:58 bestdealstodays nginx[26486]: nginx: configuration file /etc…d
Oct 30 04:28:58 bestdealstodays systemd[1]: nginx.service: control process e…1
Oct 30 04:28:58 bestdealstodays systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performan....
Oct 30 04:28:58 bestdealstodays systemd[1]: Unit nginx.service entered faile....
Oct 30 04:42:05 bestdealstodays systemd[1]: Unit nginx.service cannot be rel....
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays systemd[1]: Unit nginx.service cannot be rel....
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

– Logs begin at Mon 2016-10-03 17:54:02 EDT, end at Sun 2016-10-30 04:42:31 EDT. –
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB: nsNotifyShutdown ::= { netSnmpNotifi
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB: nsNotifyRestart ::= { netSnmpNotific
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laErrMessage ::= { laEntry 101 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laErrorFlag ::= { laEntry 100 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laLoadFloat ::= { laEntry 6 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laLoadInt ::= { laEntry 5 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laConfig ::= { laEntry 4 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laLoad ::= { laEntry 3 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laNames ::= { laEntry 2 }
Oct 30 04:42:31 bestdealstodays php5-fpm[26603]: Cannot adopt OID in UCD-SNMP-MIB: laIndex ::= { laEntry 1 }

what should i do? thx for your help

is it possible to just use the droplet ip address for server_name in nginx? I dotn have the Domain yet,

so far I tested my app and its not working from outside world.

nginx configuration issue

https://grabans.com/topic/43/restart-nginx-issue

deployer@sureApp07:~$ sudo systemctl restart nginx
Job for nginx.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status nginx.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
deployer@sureApp07:~$ systemctl status nginx.service
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-10-10 10:54:42 UTC; 10s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 8136 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 21ms
deployer@sureApp07:~$

Any help?

Hi all ,

Please help me out i getting this erros.
root@webserver-Virtual-Machine:~# nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
nginx: [crit] pread() “/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/sites-available” failed (21: Is a directory)
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

Thank you guys for the above solution. I resolved done.

please check your php-fpm

设置php-fpm并检测php-fpm的运行状态
启动php-fpm
service php-fpm start
检查启动是否成功
service php-fpm status
设置开机自启动
systemctl enable php-fpm.service
检查开机自启动是否设置成功
systemctl list-dependencies | grep php-fpm
ps -ef | grep php-fpm

seems the problem is similar, but it is different. This is what I have… Pls help!
root@ubuntu:~# nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
nginx: [emerg] open() “/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/savedrop.com.ua” failed (2: No such file or directory) in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:62
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

Hello,

Im trying to get nginx started. I have (tried) to enable HTTPS for my server, but it seems like something is wrong, even tho syntrax is OK and test is successful. Can anyone help me out? I have also changed server_name in the default file from _; to mydomain.com;
Screenshot 1 from Putty
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Thank you very much!

Hi, the problem is
systemctl status nginx.service

nginx.service - NGINX Plus - high performance web server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-04-11 19:31:52 UTC; 1h 21min ago
Docs: https://www.nginx.com/resources/
Process: 19312 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 19295 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/nginx-plus/check-subscription (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1827 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

same error
My code

        # See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
        #
        # Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
        # Don't use them in a production server!
        #
        # include snippets/snakeoil.conf;

        root /var/www/html/public;

        # Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
        index index.html index.php index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

        server_name _;

        location / {
                # First attempt to serve request as file, then
                # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
        }

        # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
        #
        location ~ \.php$ {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        #
        #       # With php7.0-cgi alone:
                fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        #       # With php7.0-fpm:
                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
        }

        # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
        # concurs with nginx's one
        #
        location ~ /\.ht {
                deny all;
        }
}

I had run command here :
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/potree.local.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

It is working ok , you can try it

It looks the firewall was wrongly turned off by somebody else, And nginx seems NOT starting correctly?

root@ubuntu:/etc/nginx# nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf" failed (2: No such file or directory) in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/dlppico.com:18
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed