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Error while restarting nginx: [emerg] "listen" directive is not allowed here

  • Posted on February 11, 2015
  • pruthviAsked by pruthvi

I am trying to host two websites, I have done and completed all the steps to enabling the hosting of two websites. Lastly when i restart the website this is the error I am getting

nginx: [emerg] “listen” directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/domain-name:4 nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

# You may add here your
# server {
#	 listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    root /var/www/domain-name/html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    server_name domain.name www.domain-name;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
# }
# statements for each of your virtual hosts to this file

This is how my file loks like

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Ritchie • February 12, 2015

You have server directive commented.

it should be

You may add here your

server { # <<<---------- Note this line

listen 80;

listen [::]:80;

root /var/www/domain-name/html;
index index.html index.htm;

server_name domain.name www.domain-name;

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}

} # <<<---------- Note this line

statements for each of your virtual hosts to this file

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