nginx not starting

[Andrew Brady]

Hi there

I am having problems when i run bbb-conf --check I can see that nginx is not starting.

when i run nginx -t it is not passing the syntax check.

I have made a lot of changes to the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/bigbluebutton file and I think I have messed up the syntax. Would anyone be able to share a working version of that file so I can copy and just change the relevant information?

Many thanks 👍

[Andrew Wells]

From my experience, install with little changes. Then make them aa needed after the stock install works 

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[Andrew Brady]

the changes were just to change the path to the ssl cert and key. they were following the bbb documentation to configure nginx to work with https as below

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Andrew,

Here's a stock /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton file

server_tokens off;

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
  server_name bbb.example.com;
 
  return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; #redirect HTTP to HTTPS

}
server {
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
  server_name bbb.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/bbb.example.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/bbb.example.com/privkey.pem;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:E
CDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/ssl/dhp-4096.pem;
   
    # HSTS (comment out to enable)
    #add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;

  access_log  /var/log/nginx/bigbluebutton.access.log;

  # BigBlueButton landing page.
  location / {
    root   /var/www/bigbluebutton-default;
    index  index.html index.htm;
    expires 1m;
  }

  # Include specific rules for record and playback
  include /usr/share/bigbluebutton/nginx/*.nginx;
  include /etc/bigbluebutton/nginx/*.nginx; # possible overrides
}

Regards,.. Fred

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[Andrew Brady]

Thanks for that @Fred!🙏

[Andrew Brady]

I am now passing the nginx -t check however bbb-conf --check returns an error  'BigBlueButton appears to be disabled
         - no symbolic link in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/bigbluebutton to /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton'

I must have missed on the documentation where it states to specify the server name in sites available?

Would you mind sharing a working version of sites-enabled/bigbluebutton?

or alternatively may i have missed something else? I have done the whole installation process manually so may have missed something

thanks in advance for any help!

Cheers

[Philipp Memmel]

As it states, no need for a separate file, just symlink it to make nginx
pick it up as active configuration:

cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled;
ln -s ../sites-available/bigbluebutton bigbluebutton

Pypo

Am 09.05.2022 um 18:33 schrieb 'Andrew Brady' via BigBlueButton-Setup:
> I am now passing the nginx -t check however bbb-conf --check returns an
> error  'BigBlueButton appears to be disabled
>          - no symbolic link in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/bigbluebutton
> to /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton'
> I must have missed on the documentation where it states to specify the
> server name in sites available?
>
> Would you mind sharing a working version of sites-enabled/bigbluebutton?
>
> or alternatively may i have missed something else? I have done the whole
> installation process manually so may have missed something
>
> thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> On Monday, May 9, 2022 at 4:59:34 PM UTC+1 Andrew Brady wrote:
>
> Thanks for that @Fred!🙏
>
> On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 1:32:28 AM UTC+1 Fred Dixon wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Here's a stock /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton file
>
> server_tokens off;
>
> server {
>   listen 80;
>   listen [::]:80;

>   server_name bbb.example.com <http://bbb.example.com>;

>
>   return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; #redirect HTTP
> to HTTPS
>
> }
> server {
>   listen 443 ssl http2;
>   listen [::]:443 ssl http2;

>   server_name bbb.example.com <http://bbb.example.com>;
>
>     ssl_certificate
> /etc/letsencrypt/live/bbb.example.com/fullchain.pem
> <http://bbb.example.com/fullchain.pem>;
>     ssl_certificate_key
> /etc/letsencrypt/live/bbb.example.com/privkey.pem
> <http://bbb.example.com/privkey.pem>;

> nginx.png
>
> On Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 10:55:15 PM UTC+1
> andrew...@kooltel.com wrote:
>
> From my experience, install with little changes. Then
> make them aa needed after the stock install works
>
>

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> *Sent:* Saturday, May 7, 2022 4:18 p.m.
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> *Subject:* [bigbluebutton-setup] nginx not starting

>
> Hi there
>
> I am having problems when i run bbb-conf --check I can
> see that nginx is not starting.
>
> when i run nginx -t it is not passing the syntax check.
>
> I have made a lot of changes to the
> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/bigbluebutton file and I think
> I have messed up the syntax. Would anyone be able to
> share a working version of that file so I can copy and
> just change the relevant information?
>
> Many thanks 👍
>
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[Andrew Brady]

Thank you Pypo

i am now getting the following error

# Potential problems described below
# Nginx: BigBlueButton appears to be disabled

         - no symbolic link in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/bigbluebutton to /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton

# Tried to check server_name in
#    /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton
# but value is empty.

my sites-available/bigbluebutton does not have a server_name value
Where should i input this variable?

i presume i just need to declare the server name in order to complete the link?

many thanks

[Andrew Brady]

Would anyone be able to post their  /etc/nginx/sites-available/bigbluebutton file?

it would be super useful to have a working example

many thanks in advance 🙏