root@ip-172-31-11-69:/# systemctl status nginx.service
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-06-17 03:24:27 UTC; 18min ago
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server...
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 nginx[20727]: nginx: [emerg] could not build server_names_hash, you should increase server_names_hash_bucket_size: 64
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 nginx[20727]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 systemd[1]: nginx.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 systemd[1]: nginx.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jun 17 03:24:27 ip-172-31-11-69 systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
root@ip-172-31-11-69:/#
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In the
/etc/nginx/nginx.conffile update the http block to include the followingTest your configuration with
nginx -t