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Applicable to:

• Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

• nginx fails to start:

#systemctl status nginx

*nginx.service - Startup script for nginx service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service.d
`-limit_nofile.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2022-05-11 12:04:22 CEST; 4s ago
Process: 44106 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ '${NGINX_ENABLED}' = 'yes' ] || { echo Not starting nginx as it is disabled in Plesk. Run 'plesk sbin nginxmng -e' to enable nginx in Plesk.; exit 1; } (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

May 11 12:04:22 publicamedia.net systemd[1]: Starting Startup script for nginx service...
May 11 12:04:22 publicamedia.net sh[44106]: Not starting nginx as it is disabled in Plesk. Run 'plesk sbin nginxmng -e' to enable nginx in Plesk.
May 11 12:04:22 publicamedia.net systemd[1]: nginx.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
May 11 12:04:22 publicamedia.net systemd[1]: Failed to start Startup script for nginx service.
May 11 12:04:22 publicamedia.net systemd[1]: Unit nginx.service entered failed state.
May 11 12:04:22 publicamedia.net systemd[1]: nginx.service failed.


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Cause

With disabled nginx, the service will continue to be inactive.


Resolution

Properly restart nginx by disabling and re-enabling it:

1.Connect to the server via SSH.

2.Disable nginx:

#plesk sbin nginxmng -d

3.Enable nginx:

#plesk sbin nginxmng -e