(13: Permission denied) while connecting to upstream while configuring Ngnix
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Problem
While configuring Bitbucket to use Ngnix as a reverse proxy by following Securing Bitbucket Server behind nginx using SSL the following error appears in Ngnix error log:
2016/02/03 17:47:37 [crit] 26894#0: *1 connect() to 127.0.0.1:7990 failed (13: Permission denied) while connecting to upstream, client: 192.168.1.7, server: bitbucket.example.com, request: "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:7990/favicon.ico", host: "bitbucket.example.com", referrer: "http://bitbucket.example.com/"Diagnosis
Environment
- Any Linux distribution that ships with SELinux
Diagnostic Steps
Check for errors in the SELinux logs:
sudo cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | grep nginx | grep deniedCause
SELinux prevent connections on port 7990 for the nginx process.
Resolution
Execute the following command in your server:
sudo cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | grep nginx | grep denied | audit2allow -M mynginx
sudo semodule -i mynginx.ppRefer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23948527/13-permission-denied-while-connecting-to-upstreamnginx for more info.