Nginx won't start [FAILED] Failed to start A high performance
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I'm seeing the following error in my boot logs:
[FAILED] Failed to start A high performance …server and a reverse proxy server. See 'systemctl status nginx.service' for details.
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hmorris
Linode Staff
I would start by taking a look at the command suggested in the failed message. The output of that command should offer you some guidance on what is causing Nginx to fail.
systemctl status nginx.service
When I've seen this error in the past, it was caused by another service is trying to bind to that port. You can verify if that is the case here by running this command:
ss -plunt
If you determine that there is another service binding to that port, you will want to determine which service you want on that port and change the port accordingly in the services configuration file.
There may also be some clues as to what specifically is causing this in your error logs which can be found here:
/var/log/nginx/error.log