When nginx is stopped, sites don't work on Apache restart

[BurrellS]

I'm running Plesk v11.0.9 with the latest updates, on CentOS.

Recently I went into Services Management and disabled nginx, in order to fix some issues with accessing webmail securely, etc.

This worked properly for my needs -- nginx stopped after several seconds, and the webmail and other specific sites I was having issues with started working normally as desired. I left nginx stopped, and continued working with my websites. Everything seemed to be working fine.

However, if I make any changes to the websites in Plesk or add any new sites, then after Plesk makes the changes take effect, the websites no longer work. Instead, the default Plesk page shows whenever you try to reach the websites.

Going back into Services Management and starting nginx makes everything work again.

Can anyone provide some advice on how to safely disable or remove nginx from this Plesk installation? It seems like Plesk is expecting nginx to be running after it makes configuration changes and then restarts Apache, and instead stops working properly if nginx is not running.

Any advice would be helpful. I may want to use nginx in the future, so if there was a way to fix this particular issue, that would be great.

 

[IgorG]

Instead of stopping nginx service you should disable it with corresponding utility:

# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/nginxmng --help

Usage: nginxmng command [options]
Available commands:
--enable or -e Enable nginx proxy
--disable or -d Disable nginx proxy
--status or -s Show status of nginx proxy
--help or -h Displays this help page.

 

[abdi]

However, if I make any changes to the websites in Plesk or add any new sites, then after Plesk makes the changes take effect, the websites no longer work. Instead, the default Plesk page shows whenever you try to reach the websites.

At that point also /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all should have solved it usually once and for all ...

 

[BurrellS]

Instead of stopping nginx service you should disable it with corresponding utility:

Quote:
# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/nginxmng --help

Usage: nginxmng command [options]
Available commands:
--enable or -e Enable nginx proxy
--disable or -d Disable nginx proxy
--status or -s Show status of nginx proxy
--help or -h Displays this help page.

Hi Igor -- So, should I disable nginx using the command you provided, and then subsequently reconfigure the sites using the command Abdi provided (after nginx is disabled) ?

 

[abdi]

In the process of disabling Nginx the vhosts are rebuilt so you don't have to re-run again /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/httpdmng --reconfigure-all

 

[BurrellS]

OK, thank you Abdi! I have disabled nginx and so far everything is working as expected!

 

[abdi]

Alright that is good to know all is working fine for you.

 

[GravuTrad]

Useful post. Thanks.