systemctl start nginx doesn't do anything

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if I do systemctl start nginx, it just goes to the next empty line, without letting server to work, like so:

[[/home/sc/pro]]# systemctl start nginx
[[/home/sc/pro]]#

if I do nginx -t:

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

if I do netstat -ntlp, I see following:

N      1684/nginx: master
tcp6       0      0 :::465                  :::*                    LISTE

in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

server{
        listen 80;
        #listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on; <- I tried it too
        server_name "my_ip_address";

        location = /favicon.ico {access_log off; log_not_found off;}
        location /static/ {
                root /home/sc/pro/projects/sc/sc_site;
        }

        location / {
                proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
                proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
                proxy_pass http://unix:/home/sc/pro/sc_project/sc_project.sock;
        }
    }

Moreover, if I do following command, system tells me following :

(sc_project) [ [/home/sc/pro/projects/sc]]# gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 sc.wsgi:application
[2020-09-08 14:05:16 +0000] [4209] [INFO] Starting gunicorn 20.0.4
[2020-09-08 14:05:16 +0000] [4209] [INFO] Listening at: http://0.0.0.0:8000 (4209)
[2020-09-08 14:05:16 +0000] [4209] [INFO] Using worker: sync
[2020-09-08 14:05:16 +0000] [4211] [INFO] Booting worker with pid: 4211

But i cannot get to my site anyway... Although earlier when I just installed gunicorn and did this command i was able to get to the site...

I killed httpd process with the following command:

sudo kill -2 <PID>

... which was taking port 80... I tried to use apache earlier and it didn't work for me... Now I'm not sure if it was httpd or http process, and whether I need it or not... But by journalctl -x it was not allowing gunicorn to use port 80...

Also i'm not sure if I did restrictions right: I'm root for my site...I used these commands for sc, which is root folder for my project (as: /home/sc) and supposed to be a user's name which holds all projects down the tree: usermod -a -G sc nginx chmod 710 /home/sc

I was following this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-django-with-postgres-nginx-and-gunicorn-on-centos-7

I go to www.mysite.com and it is: This site can’t be reached — user590950, Sep 08 '20 at 14:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '20 at 14:41

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You have configured nginx to try to connect to gunicorn via a UNIX socket, but you configured gunicorn to listen on TCP port 8080. Therefore they cannot communicate. You must change one or the other configuration so that they match.

answered Sep 08 '20 at 14:41

Michael Hampton

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I'm trying to understand. Should I do server{listen 8000}? – user590950 Sep 08 '20 at 14:52
@user590950 No, and I didn't say anything about that. – Michael Hampton Sep 08 '20 at 14:55
Sorry, I'm a total noob at the servers... Just trying to set the server for a couple of days:( – user590950 Sep 08 '20 at 14:56
Sorry, due to my noobiness in this question I understand what to do... but have no idea how to do it. I just look at the default settings for nginx.conf. At this address: https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/stable/deploy.html... They advise to do the following: listen 80 default_server; return 444; – user590950 Sep 08 '20 at 15:32

systemctl start nginx doesn't do anything

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