Nginx Troubleshooting

Testing Nginx configuration

There is a very handy tool in the Nginx kit, a syntax checker for the configuration files. It is built into the main Nginx executable application and invoked by using the -t command-line switch as follows:

...
% nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
...

The command nginx -t tries to check your configuration quite thoroughly. For example, it will check all the included files and try to access all the auxiliary files like logs or pids to warn you about their nonexistence or insufficient permissions. You will become a better Nginx administrator if you acquire a habit of frequently running nginx -t.

The default configuration ...