Just a quick look but I noticed this:

`root /var/www/index.html`

I guess you wanted `root /var/www/` !?

Also looking at the logs should probably hint on why the 404 is happening,
but I'm guessing its realted to the above line :)


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-----------------------------------------------
*Miguel Clara*
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On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:54 AM, maplesyrupandrew <nginx-forum@nginx.us>
wrote:

> I have a pretty standard test nginx configuration file
> (/etc/nginx/sites-available/default) that was configured to serve a sample
> html document.
>
> Here's the modified portion of the configuration file.
>
> upstream auth{
> server 127.0.0.1:3000;
> }
>
> server {
> listen 80 default_server;
>
> root /var/www/index.html;
>
> # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
> server_name _;
>
> location / {
> try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
> }
>
> location /auth{
> proxy_pass http://auth;
> }
> }
>
> And yet, accessing my machine's IP address seems to return a 404. What's
> going on here?
>
> I've ensured that the permissions of index.html ensure that the file is
> readable, so doesn't seem to be a permissions issue.
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum:
> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,261327,261327#msg-261327
>
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