Questions tagged [nginx]
Questions relating to Nginx, an open source Web Server and reverse proxy server.
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What is the best way to uninstall nginx
I'm trying to add new module to nginx with naxsi, but I should reinstall nginx. What is the better way of removing nginx?
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What is the easiest way to enable PHP on nginx?
What is the easiest way to enable PHP on nginx on Ubuntu 12.04?
Best solution is the one that request minimal work, ideally just a package installation :)
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Nginx failing to reload - how to track down why?
Hi I've had my Nginx server running great on Ubuntu server 12.04 for a while.
I've been gradually bolting on various bits, and got as far as optimising load times on my wordpress page.
After making ...
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What is the difference between the core, full, extras and light packages for nginx?
nginx on Ubuntu is a virtual package provided by one of five packages from the official repositories (at least as of 14.04, defaulting to nginx-core, I believe):
$ apt-cache depends nginx | tail -n+2 ...
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Nginx - disable autostart
I went through some manuals and I didn't understand yet. How do I disable autostart nginx service?
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What file permissions should I set on web root?
I use Ubuntu Server 10.10 and have installed Nginx web server with apt-get install nginx. It creates a default web page at /var/www/nginx-default/ and that directory has the permissions drwxr-xr-x 2 ...
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Nginx installation error in Ubuntu 16.04
:~$ sudo apt-get remove nginx* && sudo apt-get install nginx-full*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
After this operation, 5,579 kB of ...
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Trying to start nginx on VPS, I get "nginx: unrecognized service"
Following the How to install rails and nginx with passenger on Ubuntu tutorial from DigitalOcean.com, the seventh step manually starts nginx:
sudo service nginx start
but fails with the following ...
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official nginx trusty ppa gives KEYEXPIRED gpg error
I'm getting the following error every time I do apt-get upgrade:
GPG error: http://nginx.org trusty Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1471427554
I just have the official ...
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Does Ubuntu generally post timely security updates?
Concrete issue: The Oneiric nginx package is at version 1.0.5-1, released in July 2011 according to the changelog.
The recent memory-disclosure vulnerability (advisory page, CVE-2012-1180, DSA-2434-1)...
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dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) nginx
The Software up-to-date Option automatically download the upgrade for nginx. but While installing it's giving me the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Ubuntu php5-fpm unix socket
I have Ubuntu 11.10 and installed php5-fpm and I want to configure nginx. I want to use unix sockets instead of tcp sockets but I couldn't find the
/var/run/php5-fpm.sock
I have looked also
/tmp/...
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Install uwsgi 1.2.5 via pip
Welcome,
Currently I'm trying to install latest uwsgi on my VPS (Ubuntu 11.10) based on instruction from the site
http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Quickstart
pip install uwsgi
During compilation ...
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How to enable TLS 1.2 in Nginx?
How do I enable TLS 1.1 and 1.2 for SSL connections in my Ubuntu 12.04 server? I am using the following version of nginx and openssl library.
$ ./nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.2.3
$ openssl ...
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Can't use PHP extension Mcrypt in Ubuntu 13.10 (Nginx, PHP-FPM) [duplicate]
I installed a fresh Ubuntu 13.10 on my laptop. Like I usually do, I install the packages I need for Web development, which are nginx, php5-fpm, mysql, php5-mysql, php5-mcrypt and a few others.
After ...
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Enable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
I have recently reinstalled my server to Ubuntu 20.04.
A support call came in and after a few days, I managed to notice that TLS v1.0 and v1.1 were not being provided by my web server, nginx. The ...
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Multiple websites on nginx, one IP
So I'm using digital ocean and nginx. I want to host multiple websites (my projects) but dont want to buy a domain for each one.
Is there a way to host multiple websites on nginx and digital ocean ...
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Can I run nginx and apache at the same time?
Here is my scenario:
Apache is running perfectly with SSL enabled and certs installed on port 443.
I would like to install nginx as well on the same machine. Both as a functional reverse proxy and a ...
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Why is the index.php downloaded instead of rendered by Nginx?
I have been banging my head for 2 days now. The issue is that the index.php is downloaded instead of being processed. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 , Nginx, php5. The nginx/site-available/default is as below....
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After installing nginx with Passenger support in '/opt', why won't it start from 'init.d'?
I went through a tutorial http://craiccomputing.blogspot.com/2010/10/passenger-3-nginx-and-rvm-on-mac-os-x.html and everything was ok. There were no errors.
Nginx with Passenger support was ...
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Nginx/PHP-FPM "Access denied." error
I'm trying to set up a freshly installed Ubuntu (12.04) server, but I can't get PHP files running through php-fpm. No matter what I do, I always get a "Access denied." page (plain text, not html or ...
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how to install nginx after removed it manually
I have installed nginx using apt
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-...
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nginx dependency problem trying to upgrade
Trying to upgrade my Ubuntu 12.04 vps I get the following error:
henrik@neung:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for henrik:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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How to remove nginx and re activate apache?
I have installed Apache2, mysql, php5 and phpmyadmin on my Ubuntu 14.04 but later on mistakenly I install nginx.
Now my localhost page show me Welcome to nginx server. And the localhost/phpmyadmin ...
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Cannot remove NGINX
I have been experimenting with nginx as a webserver for php files. I come from an Apache background but I wanted to try it. I recently had an issue with it and needed to switch back to Apache. I ...
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Hotspot Login - http://nmcheck.gnome.org - 404 Not Found nginx/118.0
I am new to linux, maybe someone can help me out with this new challenge.
A white screen randomly pops up with the following info
Hotspot Login
http://nmcheck.gnome.org
404 Not Found
nginx/118.0
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nginx erreur it didn't open
please nginx in my server did start please follow me
root@s45-****:/home/arabico# nmap 45.****
PORT STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open ssh
5/tcp open smtp
80/tcp open http
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 ...
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gzip_http_version 1.1; in Nginx, when using HTTP/2
In an Nginx server block of a site aimed to work with HTTP/2, I've seen this:
gzip_http_version 1.1;
Can this make some conflict with some packets sent in HTTP/2?
I don't understand this Gzip ...
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Where can I change the webpage shown by apache?
I have ubuntu 10.10 installed, and when I hit my IP I see:
It works!
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.
Where ...
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Can't add nginx module - requires zlib
I'm trying to add nginx mp4 and upload module via
./configure --add-module=/tmp/nginx-upload-module-2.2.0
but it gives this(below) error. Whatever i tried, couldn't install the zlib. I need help..
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Nginx RTMP module on Ubuntu 18.04
Installing Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 was easy peasy, adding the RTMP module has resulted in less success for me. Preferably up-to-date version.
I have been using the Nginx RTMP on Previous Ubuntu versions ...
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Nginx - 502 bad gateway
I'm working through How To Serve Django Applications with uWSGI and Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04.
I have completed the tut and restarted both nginx and uwsgi. I notice that if I go to the IP of my server, I ...
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nginx.service: Can't open PID file /run/nginx
I am on Ubuntu 18.10, running under vmware and unable to start the nginx service - I get the error "nginx.service: Can't open PID file /run/nginx".
I have compiled nginx from source using passenger. ...
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How to install php 7 to run beside php 5 on ubuntu with nginx
I want to try php 7 and get my site working on php 7 in the same time keeping other sites working on php 5 just in case. so that from the domain virtual host config I can decide which php to run.
I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2: Folder owner & group are being reset after each start
Well, I have a WSL2 with Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS on it. It is intended for web-development purposes, so nginx, php and other related apps are installed there. No GUI.
So when I start it with wsl from ...
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How to set up PHP with Nginx, APC and PostgreSQL?
I use Ubuntu Server 10.10 and I would like to set up a web server environment with NginX, PHP 5.3.3, PostgreSQL and preferably APC and PHP Suhosin.
I have already set up PostgreSQL with apt-get ...
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Can't get nginx to run php on ubuntu 16.04 server
Edit.
Question already got an answer here:
https://serverfault.com/questions/889334/cant-get-nginx-to-run-php-on-ubuntu-16-04-server
I am setting up a server running nginx and I'm trying to get it to ...
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How do I fix "chdir(): No such file or directory [uwsgi.c line 1723]" on in wsgi on nginx?
I have treeio project in my home directory, now I want to run that treeio in nginx server. Already treeio can independently run on Django comes with the source. I don't want to run that in Django ...
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Port 80 connection refused
i can not connect to port 80 on my webserver.
my iptables are in the default state:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ...
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deploy multiple wordpress sites with juju
This may seem like an obvious question, but can you deploy multiple (distinct) wordpress sites with their own databases etc? But using a single deployment? So not dedicated vm's for each sites ...
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Nginx downloading PHP file only if .php is in the URL
I know this is a popular question but I haven't found anyone with my similar issue. I can serve PHP files as long as the .php extension is not in the url. For example:
If I go to localhost I am ...
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How Can I stop Apache2 on Ubuntu 18.04?
I Can't stop apache2. I want to use nginx, therefore,I want to remove/stop apache2 but I can't. I've tried all the methods on this Link , but when I refresh http://127.0.0.1/ i still see the apache2 ...
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How to solve 404 for static files with Django and Nginx?
I setup a Trusty VM with Django + Nginx (other stuffs too).
The server is working, I get the "Welcome to Django" page. But when I enter to servername/admin it loads the HTML page but fails to load ...
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How to totally remove the nginx from ubuntu 14.04 LTS
I have un-install all the nginx related packages.(like this answer said https://askubuntu.com/a/457412/383308), after that I run the command below command gives nothing.
sudo find / -name 'nginx'
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Nginx logrotate logs
I am running Ubuntu 15.04 and have a standard installation of nginx (apt-get install nginx) running.
Everything is running fine but I notice that the nginx logs are being rotated but nginx carries on ...
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How to install ffmpeg on ubuntu? [duplicate]
For transcoding video I need to use ffmpeg. I have tried to install but I have faced with problems. Is anyone that can help with this case or can anyone offer any weblink or guide where I can follow ...
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Nginx won't start since Ubuntu upgrade (16.04)
I have recently upgraded my Ubuntu server to the 16.04 release. Since then I can't start the nginx service.
Results of service nginx restart :
Job for nginx.service failed because the control ...
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Start nginx after reboot automatically
I am using crontab to start some services after a reboot.
Here is my current crontab:
@reboot root /etc/init.d/nginx reload
@reboot /usr/local/bin/forever start /var/www/rtc/index.js
It works for ...
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Restarting nginx in a Docker container
My Docker container doesn't seem to have the service command. How would I restart nginx?
E.g.
# uname -r
3.13.0-119-generic
bash-4.3# uname -a
Linux <container id> 3.13.0-119-generic #166-...
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reliably restarting services using upstart or runit
I want to reliably restart my app and web server processes on crash.
If I understand correctly, runit starts every service as a child process. If the child process crashes this sends a signal to the ...
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