nginx won't load site on local machine

Question

I want to build and test my website on my Arch Linux computer.

The contents of the website, including index.html, are in /srv/http/myproject/.

/etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject.conf looks like this...

server {
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;
        root /srv/http/myproject;
        index index.html index.htm;
        server_name myproject.local;

   location / {
       try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
   }    
}

UPDATE: I had already ran ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myproject.conf.

And /etc/hosts has this...

127.0.0.1 myproject.local

But when I navigate to http://myproject.local/, all I see is the "Welcome to nginx" page.

Please be more specific about `won't connect`. What is the exact error message you encounter? And did you create a symlink to your .conf in `sites-enabled`? — Gerald Schneider, Aug 27 '20 at 07:23
You need to create a `server` block for the hostname you are trying to use. — Michael Hampton, Aug 30 '20 at 00:54
@MichaelHampton When I replaced `server_name myproject.local` with `server_name myproject` in the `server ` block that changed nothing. — Username, Aug 30 '20 at 19:05
Again, you need to use the actual hostname that you are trying to connect to. — Michael Hampton, Aug 30 '20 at 19:17
I'm testing this site on my local machine so assuming everything is in the folder `myproject`, how should my `server ` block look? — Username, Aug 30 '20 at 19:23

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '20 at 08:20

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You have to enable the website.

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myproject.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myproject.conf

And the ofcourse, restart/reload nginx.

answered Aug 27 '20 at 08:20

Orphans

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Forgot to mention I already ran that. Updated my question to reflect that. – Username Aug 29 '20 at 22:55
You have added "myproject.local" to your hostfile, and added "myproject.local" as a servername - but you are trying to navigate to "http://predictit-monitor.local/" ? – Orphans Aug 30 '20 at 13:43
Whoops, updated my question. – Username Aug 30 '20 at 16:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '20 at 03:46

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How about just 127.0.0.1 myproject.local in the /etc/hosts? In my experience it would not necessary the semicolon in the end of line

answered Aug 27 '20 at 03:46

cmj

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Updated my question to reflect that. – Username Aug 29 '20 at 22:55

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 30 '20 at 20:12

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I needed to include include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*; in the http block of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.

answered Aug 30 '20 at 20:12

Username

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