Nginx started after Ubuntu 18 upgrade
I upgraded to Ubuntu 18 this morning and after that, when I go to my WP site, I see:
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Welcome to nginx!
If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required.
blah, blah, blah
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We don't use nginx. We use apache.
When I tried to stop nginx it states:
Unit nginx.service could not be found
I just want nginx to go away.
Help??
1 Reply
mikefisch
Linode Staff
I can see how this would be frustrating. The first thing I would recommend is ensure that Apache is running on your Linode. I see that you’re Ubuntu but I’ve included commands to cover a few Distros.
Debian & Ubuntu:
sudo service apache2 status
Fedora & CentOS:
sudo service httpd status
Once that is taken care of you can run one of the following sets of commands to remove nginx from your Linode.
Debian & Ubuntu:
sudo service stop nginx
sudo apt-get purge nginx nginx-common
Fedora & CentOS:
sudo service nginx stop
sudo yum remove nginx
Lastly, you can restart Apache to ensure it is running and listening on port 80
Debian & Ubuntu
sudo service apache2 restart
Fedord & CentOS
sudo service httpd restart
If you experience any issues with Apache, I would recommend checking out our Apache Troubleshooting Guide.