On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:03 PM Francis Daly <francis@daoine.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 04:52:25PM +0000, James Read wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 4:42 PM Francis Daly <francis@daoine.org> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> > > If not, "nginx -V" should show the "configure arguments", which will
> > > show any --conf-path or --prefix that will indicate the default config
> > > file that nginx will use, if it is not the default-default.
> >
> > nginx version: nginx/1.16.1 (Ubuntu)
> > built with OpenSSL 1.1.1c 28 May 2019
> > TLS SNI support enabled
> > configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2
>
> > --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
> --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log
> > --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log
> --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock
>
> > This is the config file that I edited /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
>
> That looks correct to me, thanks.
>
> When you do the "reload", do you get anything new at the end of the
> error_log file, probably /var/log/nginx/error.log?
>
> If, for example, there is a config file error, then "reload" will not
> actually use the new file, and there should be something saying why.
>
>
> If that shows no problems, then something like
>
> nginx -T | grep 'server\|listen'
>
> should show the "server" blocks, "listen" directives, and "server_name"
> configurations that nginx will use.
>
> If you consider any of the information there private -- names, or
> public IP addresses, for example -- feel free to edit them; but please
> do so consistently, so that any patterns remain visible.
>
> That configuration fragment may make it possible to learn which server{}
> nginx uses to handle your test request.
>

I found the file /etc/nginx/sites-available/default which has the line:

root /var/www/html;

I edited the file there and now my edits work.

James


>
> Cheers,
>
> f
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