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Last login: Mon Jan 22 11:23:45 2018 /usr/bin/xauth: file /home/marcelo/.Xauthority does not exist root@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-nyc3-01:~$ systemctl status nginx ● 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 Mon 2018-01-22 12:06:06 UTC; 53s ago Process: 1361 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
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Based on what you shared my best guess is that your log files in /var/log/nginx have the incorrect ownership. If the ownership of these files were changed to root you would likely see nginx fail in this way (being unable to open the logs) but you would still be able to view your log files since you are logged in as root.
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