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/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default not found

Hello, my friends. I have a problem and please help me. When I type sudo cat /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default I get an error like this: cat: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default: No such file or directory How can I resolve this problem? Please help me.


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Bobby Iliev
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May 6, 2021
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Hi there,

In addition to what @alexdo mentioned, I could also suggest checking the content of the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ as your config file might have a different name depending on your setup:

ls -l /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Then you will see a list of files there and you can use the cat command to see the content of the specific file:

cat /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/your_website_name

Note: change the your_website_name with the name of the file that you see after running the ls command

Regards, Bobby

alexdo
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May 6, 2021

Hello, @aslanhuseynov9

Have you recently configured the LEMP stack droplet? The following is usually a symlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default from /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Note: If you ever need to restore the default configuration, you can do so by recreating the symbolic link, like this:

  1. sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

You can check our existing tutorial on how to configure the LEMP stack here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-20-04

Regards, Alex

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