If Nginx is actually listening to the appropriate ports, the next step is to check if it is processing requests, which can be made by using the curl tool by using the IP, URL, or localhost if your setup listens on localhost: $ curl -i Ĭheck the last logs of the Nginx service. Verify that you have the needed ports are open and to verify that the Nginx service is listening through them you can use the lsof command, ideally in the default ports 80 and 443. $ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx status Verify that the ports are open and the service is listening You can also use the generic commands to validate the status of the service: To check the Nginx service status you can use the following command: $ sudo nginx -t Check that Nginx is running In case you do not have the service command available in your system you can opt to use the -t Nginx parameter, which also tests the configuration file for correct syntax and then tries to open the files that are referred to in the configuration. Nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nf test failed 'worker_connections' directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nf:12 Nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nf test is successful

Nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nf syntax is ok

The output will show if the configuration file is correct or, if it is not, it will show the file and the line where the problem is. Through a simple command you can verify the status of the Nginx configuration file: Search for syntax errors or warnings in the configuration The purpose is to fix some of the most common errors that may be present in your Nginx configuration. This article shows some basic troubleshooting for Nginx, one of the most popular HTTP servers.

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