Cannot connect to VM VirtualBox Linux Nginx server after restarting my computer

Question

I recently setup an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server running nginx, and I could connect to it via its IP address. However, after restarting my computer I can no longer connect to the server in any browser but I can connect via SSH through puTTy. No clue what's going on and ifconfig shows that the IP address has not changed and I changed no settings on the server. How can I fix this?

This picture shows the chrome window response when I try to access the server, the ifconfig from the server (top right), the network settings on the VM (bottom left), and the location settings for /etc/nginx/sites-available/www.

server settings

I have tried restarting, doing an nginx reload, and a full computer restart. Nothing has worked so far. All help is greatly appreciated!

make sure that the service is working, `sudo service nginx status` — Mohammad AbuShady, Jun 22 '13 at 11:25
I tried out `sudo service nginx status` and was returned with the message 'nginx is not running'. How do I start nginx? — Username19, Jun 22 '13 at 19:08
`sudo service nginx start`, if it didn't start then there's a config error. — Mohammad AbuShady, Jun 22 '13 at 19:10
check `/var/log/nginx`, probably `error.log` if no other error log was defined in the config. — Mohammad AbuShady, Jun 22 '13 at 19:33
I'll group the comments into an answer, would be nice if you can vote it for me :P — Mohammad AbuShady, Jun 22 '13 at 19:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '13 at 19:52

First make sure that the service is working using sudo service nginx status

If it's not running try starting it manually sudo service nginx start

If it fails to start, you can check the error log in /var/log/nginx/error.log or any other error log defined in the server config.

Cannot connect to VM VirtualBox Linux Nginx server after restarting my computer

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