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Tri Nguyen
Tri Nguyen

Reputation: 11098

Cannot connect to nginx server on fedora linux (digitalocean)

I tried to set up nginx on a brand new fedora box on DigitalOcean. These are my steps

$ yum install nginx
$ systemctl enable nginx
$ systemctl restart nginx

However, it doesn't seem to work. I get the following output when running systemctl status nginx

[root@inspiredev ~]# systemctl status nginx -l
nginx.service - The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2014-11-07 14:26:33 EST; 1s ago
  Process: 958 ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 967 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 966 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 970 (nginx)
   CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service
           ├─970 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/ngin
           └─971 nginx: worker proces

Nov 07 14:26:33 inspiredev systemd[1]: Starting The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server...
Nov 07 14:26:33 inspiredev nginx[966]: nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
Nov 07 14:26:33 inspiredev nginx[966]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
Nov 07 14:26:33 inspiredev systemd[1]: Failed to read PID from file /run/nginx.pid: Invalid argument
Nov 07 14:26:33 inspiredev systemd[1]: Started The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server.

I can't seem to figure out or where I went wrong. It'd be great if someone can help with this.

EDIT: When I go to the box's IP address, I got nothing, which is why I feel like something is not working right.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2542

Answers (1)

guido
guido

Reputation: 19194

From the systemd logs, nginx service appears to be running. (the warning about the pid file not found seems endemic to many distributions).

On fedora 19/20 (systemd based), open the firewall with the following commands:

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http 
systemctl restart firewalld.service

or alternatively:

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp 
systemctl restart firewalld.service

The second version syntax lets you open any port/protocol combination.

Upvotes: 6

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