Nginx: Job for nginx.service failed because the control process exited

Question

I got a problem which I have been trying to fix for a few days now and I don\'t know what to do, have been looking for answers but all of those I found didn\'t help me.

Answer 1

Try set a user in nginx.conf, maybe that's why he can not start the service:

User www-data;

Answer 2

Just write this your work get done

sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

sudo service nginx restart

systemctl status nginx

Happy Learning

Answer 3

Check df -h if you are under centOS system

Answer 4

$ ps ax | grep nginx<br>
$ kill -9 PIDs
$ service nginx start

or set back /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

location / {
     # First attempt to serve request as file, then
     # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
     try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}

Answer 5

try :

sudo service nginx restart

Answer 6

In my case, it's because of apache server is running somehow. So I stop apache then restart nginx. Work like a charm!

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
sudo systemctl restart nginx