Problems to use nginx in windows server 2008 R2 (nodejs + express + mongodb)

Question

I am trying to use nginx in Windows Server 2008 R2, but:

It is running at the Windows Server 2008 R2: enter image description here

But, when I try to access the page from my computer: enter image description here

I am sure that the address IP are right because the server have IIS running and I can access other pages in the same IP (different port). enter image description here

nginx.conf

#user  nobody;
worker_processes  1;

#error_log  logs/error.log;
#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
#error_log  logs/error.log  info;

#pid        logs/nginx.pid;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    #log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
    #                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
    #                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    #access_log  logs/access.log  main;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

    server {
        listen       3000;
        server_name  localhost;

        #charset koi8-r;

        #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

        location / {
            root   html;
            index  index.html index.htm;
        }

        #error_page  404              /404.html;

        # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
        #
        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root   html;
        }

        # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
        #
        #location ~ \.php$ {
        #    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
        #}

        # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
        #
        #location ~ \.php$ {
        #    root           html;
        #    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        #    fastcgi_index  index.php;
        #    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
        #    include        fastcgi_params;
        #}

        # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
        # concurs with nginx's one
        #
        #location ~ /\.ht {
        #    deny  all;
        #}
    }


    # another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       8000;
    #    listen       somename:8080;
    #    server_name  somename  alias  another.alias;

    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}


    # HTTPS server
    #
    #server {
    #    listen       443 ssl;
    #    server_name  localhost;

    #    ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
    #    ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;

    #    ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
    #    ssl_session_timeout  5m;

    #    ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
    #    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;

    #    location / {
    #        root   html;
    #        index  index.html index.htm;
    #    }
    #}
}

Have you opened port 3000 in Windows Firewall? – chedabob May 23 '15 at 13:45 — chedabob, May 23 '15 at 13:45
What does your nginx.conf look like? – chedabob May 23 '15 at 16:02 — chedabob, May 23 '15 at 16:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '15 at 17:42

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The problem is server_name is set to "localhost", so only requests sent to that address will work.

Either set it to the IP address of the server (if it's static and you'll only access it via IP), or set it to "_" so it'll catch all requests

server_name _;

answered May 23 '15 at 17:42

chedabob

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I put the server down with the command: taskkill /f /IM nginx.exe and I changed to server_name 108.171.168.169; after server_name _; but it does not working :( – May 23 '15 at 21:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '15 at 06:19

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I figured out that the problem was not in nginx's configuration but just permission in my server's dashboard.

answered May 24 '15 at 06:19

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