Forum: NGINX nginx: invalid host in upstream

I'm trying to run a Rails app using Nginx with 5 Thin servers.

I created the thin.yml file and when I run the start command, I get:

bitnami@linux:/opt/bitnami/projects/ndeavor/current/config$ thin -C 
thin.yml
start

Starting server on 127.0.0.1:3000 ...

Starting server on 127.0.0.1:3001 ...

Starting server on 127.0.0.1:3002 ...

Starting server on 127.0.0.1:3003 ...

Starting server on 127.0.0.1:3004 ...

I created a ndeavor.conf file in nginx/conf/vhosts that looks like this:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35302780/ndeavor.conf

And if I run the command to start Nginx, I get this:

    bitnami@linux:/opt/bitnami$ sudo ./ctlscript.sh start nginx
    nginx: [emerg] invalid host in upstream "127.0.0.1:3000/ndeavor" in
/opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/vhosts/ndeavor.conf:2

Posted at Nginx Forum: 
http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,237358,237358#msg-237358

From: "Reddirt" <nginx-forum@nginx.us>

>     bitnami@linux:/opt/bitnami$ sudo ./ctlscript.sh start nginx
>     nginx: [emerg] invalid host in upstream "127.0.0.1:3000/ndeavor" in
> /opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/vhosts/ndeavor.conf:2

What is your upstream section of the configuration file?  Do you have 
the
"/ndeavor" as part of the server statement?  Try taking it off.




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I don't think that you can use a path behind the server. The Upstream 
server
is a server name itself (with port), not with something like 
"/something" at
the end.

Posted at Nginx Forum: 
http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,237358,237364#msg-237364

It looks like Bitnami expects the Rails app to be in url/appname.  So, I
just removed the /ndeavor from the thin.yml and from nginx.conf.

This is what my thin.yml looks like now:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35302780/thin.yml

And this is my nginx.conf: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35302780/nginx.conf

I'm using Bitnami Rails stack that runs Ubuntu.

I now start the Thin with this:  thin -C thin.yml start

And I start Nginx with this: bitnami@linux:/opt/bitnami$ sudo 
./ctlscript.sh
start nginx

And they both start OK.

But, when I go to my website url, I get this message "The service is not
available. Please try again later."

I don't know where that message is coming from.

Posted at Nginx Forum: 
http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,237358,237372#msg-237372

I restarted.  Now I'm getting the website without the CSS.  I thought 
Nginx
would provide the static webpages including CSS.

How can I tell if Nginx is running properly?

Sorry - This is my first time trying this.

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My Rails app has this in production.rb:    config.serve_static_assets =
false

When I run Thin by itself, I have to make that true.

I thought with Nginx it would stay false.

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OK - we can close this thread.  But, I'm going to start a new one 
because I
still can't get to my Rails app.

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