{"id":227,"date":"2019-12-02T05:14:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T05:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudygeek.com\/?p=227"},"modified":"2024-04-16T20:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:55:46","slug":"nginx-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudygeek.com\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Nginx (v1.17.6) fails to start in CentOS7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am posting this here as a reminder that Centos7 has a weird systemD bug with Nginx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SYMPTOMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   1) Nginx restart fails after a yum update \n   2) Error:    \n      \n      [root@centos7VM user]# systemctl status nginx.service\n      nginx.service - nginx - high performance web server\n         Loaded: loaded (\/etc\/systemd\/system\/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)\n         Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Sun 2019-12-01 21:19:26 MST; 1min 21s ago\n              Docs: http:\/\/nginx.org\/en\/docs\/\n         Process: 820 ExecStart=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx -c \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\n      Dec 01 11:16:00 servername nginx[842]: nginx: the configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.c\u2026 ok<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
FIX:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) Modify the file<\/strong>\n\n\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/nginx.service\n\n2) File should look like:<\/strong>\n\n[Unit]\n Description=The NGINX HTTP and reverse proxy server\n After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target\n\n [Service]\n Type=forking\n PIDFile=\/run\/nginx.pid\n ExecStartPre=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx -t\n ExecStart=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx\n ExecReload=\/bin\/kill -s HUP $MAINPID\n ExecStop=\/bin\/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID\n PrivateTmp=true\n\n [Install]\n WantedBy=multi-user.target\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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I am posting this here as a reminder that Centos7 has a weird systemD bug with Nginx SYMPTOMS: 1) Nginx restart fails after a yum update 2) Error: [root@centos7VM user]# systemctl status nginx.service nginx.service – nginx – high performance web server Loaded: loaded (\/etc\/systemd\/system\/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Sun 2019-12-01 … <\/p>\n
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