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Unable to start nginx: Not starting nginx as it is disabled in config

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Benjamin Weßel
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical ABT: Group A

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

  • Websites hosted in Plesk are not accessible

  • It is not possible to start Nginx webserver:

    # /etc/init.d/nginx start
    Not starting nginx as it is disabled in config

  • Nginx error log file at /var/log/nginx/error.log contains the following line:

    [emerg] 2060#0: duplicate listen options for [2001:db8:f61:a1ff:0:0:0:80]:80 in /etc/nginx/plesk.conf.d/server.conf:29

Cause

Nginx is disabled for starting in its configuration.

Resolution

  1. Connect to the server via SSH

  2. Edit the nginx configuration files to enable the service. Change line with NGINX_ENABLED to NGINX_ENABLED=yes:

    • Configuration file location in CentOS/RHEL based operating systems:

      /etc/sysconfig/nginx

    • Configuration file location in Debian/Ubuntu based operating systems:

      /etc/default/nginx

  3. Reconfigure nginx and apache to listen to correct ports:

    # plesk sbin nginxmng -d
    # plesk sbin nginxmng -e

In case LiteSpeed Web Server is used

Note: LiteSpeed requires nginx to be disabled, as it cannot work with it.

  1. Connect to the server via SSH.

  2. Disable nginx in Plesk to create correct configuration:

    # plesk sbin nginxmng -d

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    novaflame ember

    I followed everything and it still refuses to start up on my rocky linux vm server, no matter what solution I try, it's the same "nginx has exited with error code" each and every time, what am i doing wrong?

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    SAPORU KOLAWOLE

    It helps.

    Thank you.

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