Hi Alex,

nginx -V uses stderr, so try:

nginx -V 2>/tmp/out.txt

This will redirect stderr to the file instead of stdout.

Kind Regards
Andrew

On 11/05/16 15:34, Alex Hall wrote:
> Ineeed. Sorry about that. The problem is that I can't capture the output
> of nginx -V, as--for some reason--the > symbol is only producing an
> empty file. I can't copy and paste directly from or to the prompt
> either. If you tell me what you're looking for in nginx -V, I can tell
> you that value, but there's a lot of information there.
>
> My site configuration file is:
>
> server {
> include restrictions/localOnly;
> listen 80;
> server_tokens off;
> server_name myapp.mysite.com http://myapp.mysite.com;
> location / {
> include uwsgi_params;
> uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9876 http://127.0.0.1:9876;
> }
>
> location /static {
> alias /var/www/myapp/app/static;
> }
>
>
> }
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Francis Daly <francis@daoine.org
> <mailto:francis@daoine.org>> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 05:09:21PM -0400, Alex Hall wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> > We may be finding the problem... I'm not sure what you mean by 'upstream
> > service'.
>
> Somehow, you tell nginx to talk to "the next server". It can be with
> "proxy_pass" or "fastcgi_pass" or, most likely here, "uwsgi_pass".
>
> "the next server" is the upstream, in this context.
>
> And the directive is whichever *_pass you use here.
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
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