Question

curl: (7) Couldn't connect to server

Posted on June 14, 2020
Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 20.04 Django Ubuntu
Asked by prakashlale97

I am getting this error after running the command curl --unix-socket /run/gunicorn.sock localhost

I am not getting what to do next. can any one please help me with that.

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KFSys

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• June 15, 2020

Accepted Answer

Hi @prakashlale97,

It seems like you are trying to reach gunicorn’s sockets locally.

I would assume you’ve followed this tutorial :

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-django-with-postgres-nginx-and-gunicorn-on-ubuntu-18-04

If you haven’t, I strongly suggest doing so. Anyway, let’s assume you have. Are you sure the gunicorn service is actually running properly? To check that, please try out the following

sudo systemctl status gunicorn

Next, check for the existence of the gunicorn.sock file within the /run directory:

file /run/gunicorn.sock

/run/gunicorn.sock: socket

If the systemctl status command indicated that an error occurred or if you do not find the gunicorn.sock file in the directory, it’s an indication that the Gunicorn socket was not able to be created correctly. Check the Gunicorn socket’s logs by typing: