nginx simple proxy_pass to localhost not working

Question

I'm trying to run a minimalist reverse-proxy, and came up with the following : ``` events { worker_connections 4096; } http { server { listen 80; location / { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/; } } } ``` ` However, when I access this server, I get the standard "welcome to nginx page", instead of the response from the server running on port 3000. If I ssh to the machine and run `curl http://127.0.0.1:3000/`, I get the desired result (and eventually I ran that server on port `80` and it worked fine, so I know it has to do with the reverse proxy config).

Accepted Answer

I had exactly the same problem. I just commented out a line in my nginx.conf file:

```
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
```

changed to

```
#include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
```

nginx simple proxy_pass to localhost not working

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