Cannot run nginx

[exssrerion]

Hi

After issue [systemctl start nginx] command. I got below error message.
Job for nginx.service failed. See 'systemctl status nginx.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
And got this error in log file.

[root@localhost nginx]# systemctl status nginx.service
nginx.service - The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2015-03-27 20:52:56 ICT; 2min 8s ago
Process: 9782 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server...
Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain nginx[9782]: nginx: [emerg] "user" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/c...onf:1
Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain nginx[9782]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: nginx.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server.
Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit nginx.service entered failed state.

[TrevorH]

Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain nginx[9782]: nginx: [emerg] "user" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/c...onf:1

No nginx expert but that looks like a config file error?

[exssrerion]

Here is configuration

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# For more information on configuration, see:
#   * Official English Documentation: http://nginx.org/en/docs/
#   * Official Russian Documentation: http://nginx.org/ru/docs/

user  nginx;
worker_processes  1;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log;
#error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log  notice;
#error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log  info;

pid        /run/nginx.pid;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    include       /etc/nginx/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  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

    index   index.html index.htm;

    # Load modular configuration files from the /etc/nginx/conf.d directory.
    # See http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#include
    # for more information.
    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;

#    server {
#        listen       80 default_server;
#        server_name  localhost;
#
#        root         /usr/share/nginx/html;
#
#        #charset koi8-r;
#
#        #access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;
#
#        # Load configuration files for the default server block.
#        include /etc/nginx/default.d/*.conf;
#
#        location / {
#        }
#
#        # redirect server error pages to the static page /40x.html
#        #
#        error_page  404              /404.html;
#        location = /40x.html {
#        }
#
#        # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#        #
#        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
#        location = /50x.html {
#        }
#    }
}

[giulix63]

I think the error message refers to /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf and not /etc/nginx/nginx.conf. Please always use code tags when posting this kind of content.

[TrevorH]

Adding -l to the systemctl command might help identify the correct file.

[giulix63]

I meant this:

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Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain nginx[9782]: nginx: [emerg] "user" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/c...onf:1

That seems to point to a file in the conf.d directory, despite the next message referring to nginx.conf. nginx.conf ends with an include directive that includes all .conf files from conf.d. "user" is a valid directive in nginx.conf, but not in default.conf, which is the most probable candidate to have been modified for nginx configuration. And yes, Trevor, you are right: it's systemctl/journalctl truncating the line, not the forums... Still getting used to the systemd ways

[exssrerion]

I meant this:

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Mar 27 20:52:56 localhost.localdomain nginx[9782]: nginx: [emerg] "user" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/c...onf:1

That seems to point to a file in the conf.d directory, despite the next message referring to nginx.conf. nginx.conf ends with an include directive that includes all .conf files from conf.d. "user" is a valid directive in nginx.conf, but not in default.conf, which is the most probable candidate to have been modified for nginx configuration. And yes, Trevor, you are right: it's systemctl/journalctl truncating the line, not the forums... Still getting used to the systemd ways

I already change 'user nginx;' to root. But still can't run also.

[giulix63]

Please copy contents of both /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf to CentOS' Pastebin and post a link here. You may want to anonymize server name and personal information.

P.S. And change root back to nginx. You shouldn't run a web/proxy server as root for security reasons.