By skeddtemp
It sounds like I need nginx to make my server available to the public but im not sure. And is it supposed to be installed on the same droplet as everything else?
I am following this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-for-production-on-ubuntu-16-04#manage-application-with-pm2
I got this error when doing the first step: http://pastebin.com/aVbf60zE
Then when I try to edit “default server block configuration file” it comes up blank, and when I try to save it, it says no such file or directory.
I do get “Welcome to nginx!” in my browser.
I do not see an nginx folder in /etc/ so I’m not sure it installed to the right place.
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Did you created a new server block file instead of default?
If yes, you should delete default from /etc/nginx/sites-enabled and symlink new one to it:
- sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/your-block /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
You can test configuration so you see is it correct:
- sudo nginx -t
Make sure you restart nginx after symlinking or doing any other change to block:
- sudo systemctl restart nginx
I would clean up browser cache just to be sure. E.g. On Chrome you can use Ctrl+Shift+R to Hard Reload, or fire up console with F12, right click on refresh button and select Empty Cache and Hard Reload.
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