nginx failed to start ("set" directive is not allowed here)

nginx

Linode 6 years, 1 month ago Linode Staff

I'm seeing the following message in my boot logs:

Starting nginx… nginx: [emerg] "set" directive is not allowed here in /usr/local/nginx/conf/example.conf:17

failed

Britchey 6 years, 1 month ago Linode Staff

I would need to see how this is actually configured but it looks like the "set" directive can only be used in the server, location, and if blocks:

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