Nginx not running with no error message

Question

I am trying to start my nginx server. When I type \"$> /etc/init.d/nginx start\", I have a message appearing \"Starting nginx:\", and then nothing happens. There is no error mes

Answer 1

First, always sudo nginx -t to verify your config files are good.

I ran into the same problem. The reason I had the issue was twofold. First, I had accidentally copied a log file into my site-enabled folder. I deleted the log file and made sure that all the files in sites-enabled were proper nginx site configs. I also noticed two of my virtual hosts were listening for the same domain. So I made sure that each of my virtual hosts had unique domain names.

sudo service nginx restart

Then it worked.