[emerg]: bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use)

If you get following error, when you try to start nginx…

Then it means nginx or some other process is already using port 80.

You can kill it using:

sudo fuser -k 80/tcp

And then try restarting nginx again:

service nginx start

Max Schorpp says:

November 20, 2013 at 4:49 pm

thanks! 🙂
Joe says:

November 23, 2013 at 5:29 am

Superb! Thanks.
konstantinos.botonakis says:

December 16, 2013 at 12:46 am

Thank you.
garaa says:

January 11, 2014 at 7:11 pm

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tejas says:

January 13, 2014 at 12:31 am

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Xami says:

February 4, 2014 at 5:52 am

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Korab Hoxha says:

February 8, 2014 at 11:30 pm

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Thanks again.
K.
Anusha Nilapu says:

February 11, 2014 at 1:40 pm

I got Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 198.199.104.115
Try reloading: 198.199.104.115
After following this
- Anusha Nilapu says:
  
  February 11, 2014 at 1:55 pm
  
  After doing nginx stop an start i can see my app running on server.Thank you
Dmitriy says:

February 12, 2014 at 7:08 pm

thanks! it works!
F Suppend says:

February 17, 2014 at 8:35 pm

You are an angel!