“configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed”: How do I know why this happened?

Question

I\'m an nginx noob trying out this this tutorial on nginx 1.1.19 on ubuntu 12.04. I have this nginx config file.

When I run this command the test fails:

Answer 1

This particular commands worked for me. sudo apt-get remove --purge nginx nginx-full nginx-common

and sudo apt-get install nginx

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Answer 2

sudo nginx -t should test all files and return errors and warnings locations

Answer 3

Show file and track error

 systemctl status nginx.service

Answer 4

If you want to check syntax error for any nginx files, you can use the -c option.

[root@server ~]# sudo nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/my-server.conf
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/my-server.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/my-server.conf test is successful
[root@server ~]#