Nginx invalid URL prefix

I have a really basic nginx setup which is failing for some reason;

server { listen 80; server_name librestock.com; location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; } location /static/ { root /home/david/StockSearch/stocksearch; } location / { include proxy_params; proxy_pass unix:/home/david/StockSearch/stocksearch/stocksearch.sock; }
}

according to everything I've read I'm setting the server name correctly. when I replace librestock.com with the ip of the server it works.

error:

$ nginx -t
nginx: [emerg] invalid URL prefix in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/stocksearch:12
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

1 Answer

You need the http:// prefix on your unix: path, as in:

proxy_pass 

See