How to resolve This (django) site can’t be reached with nginx, gunicorn, droplet ?

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I was following this tutorial for deploying my django project to digitalocean droplet [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-django-with-postgres-nginx-and-gunicorn-on-ubuntu-20-04]. But I have been facing this issue for last 2 days. Here are my configuration files: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

events {
        worker_connections 768;
}


http {
        sendfile on;
        tcp_nopush on;
        tcp_nodelay on;
        keepalive_timeout 65;
        types_hash_max_size 2048;

    server {
        listen          80;
        server_name     167.71.233.157;
        location / {
                proxy_pass http://unix:/run/gunicorn.sock;
        }
    }

    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
    include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
    client_max_body_size 100M;
}

/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lavisco_ecommerce

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name 167.71.233.157;

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location /static/ {
        root /home/lavisco/Lavisco_Ecommerce;
    }

    location / {
        include proxy_params;
        proxy_pass http://unix:/run/gunicorn.sock;
    }
}

KFSys · Answer

Heya,Try some of the following suggestions: Nginx Configuration (/etc/nginx/nginx.conf) Server Block Inside http Block: You have a server block inside the main http block. It’s generally recommended to separate individual server configurations into their own files under /etc/nginx/sites-available/ and then create symbolic links to those files in the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ directory. This helps keep configurations organized and manageable. Proxy Pass: The proxy_pass directive is using a Unix socket (http://unix:/run/gunicorn.sock;). Ensure that this matches exactly with what Gunicorn is using. Check your Gunicorn service file (typically found at /etc/systemd/system/gunicorn.service) for the --bind option. Nginx Site Configuration (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lavisco_ecommerce) Server Block: This file contains the specific server block for your Django application. It’s correctly listening on port 80 and specifies the server IP. Static Files Location: The location block for static files (location /static/) seems correctly configured. Ensure that /home/lavisco/Lavisco_Ecommerce is the correct path where your Django static files are collected (STATIC_ROOT in your Django settings). Gunicorn Proxy Pass: Similar to the main nginx.conf, this uses the same proxy_pass. Just ensure it’s correctly pointing to the Gunicorn socket. General Suggestions: Remove Redundant Server Block: If /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lavisco_ecommerce is the specific configuration for your Django app, the server block inside nginx.conf might be redundant and could potentially cause conflicts. Consider removing it. Check Symbolic Links: Make sure there is a symbolic link from /etc/nginx/sites-available/lavisco_ecommerce to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lavisco_ecommerce. This is typically done using: sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/lavisco_ecommerce /etc/nginx/sites-enabled Nginx and Gunicorn Services: Ensure that both Nginx and Gunicorn services are running. You can check their status with: sudo systemctl status nginx sudo systemctl status gunicorn Firewall Configuration: Make sure your firewall is configured to allow traffic on port 80 (HTTP). If you’re using UFW, you can enable it with: sudo ufw allow 'Nginx Full' Error Logs: If you’re encountering specific errors, check the Nginx error logs (/var/log/nginx/error.log) and Gunicorn logs for clues. File Permissions: Ensure that the user running Nginx (typically www-data) has the necessary permissions to access the Gunicorn socket and the Django project files, especially the static files.

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How to resolve This (django) site can’t be reached with nginx, gunicorn, droplet ?

Nginx Configuration (`/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`)

Nginx Site Configuration (`/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lavisco_ecommerce`)

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