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

February 11, 2015 17.5k views
pruthvi
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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

1 comment
  • ryanpq MOD February 11, 2015

    It looks like you have your Listen directive outside a server { } block. Note that lines starting with a # are commented out and so they are ignored by nginx.

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EpicCDN 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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