Nginx nginx won't restart, duplicate location error

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• CentOS Version: CentOS 7 64bit
• Centmin Mod Version Installed: 123.00 beta01
  
• Nginx Version Installed: 1.15.8

My server has been up happily up and running for sometime now, well until this morning.

I have my Xenforo /install/ directory access restricted using the autoprotect-MYDOMAIN.com.conf file.

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I commented out the line:

Code:

location ~* ^/forum/install/ { allow 127.0.0.1; deny all; }

and then restarted NGINX, but the restart failed with the following error:

Code:

Mar 18 11:12:45 sageweb01 nginx[5249]: Starting nginx: nginx: [emerg] duplicate location "/forum/" in /usr/local/nginx/conf/conf.d/MYDOMAIN.com.conf:57

I went back into the autoprotect-MYDOMAIN.com.conf and un-commented out the same line and again tried to restart nginx but it too failed with the same above error.

Prior to me trying to unprotect the /install/ directory everything had been working fine.

Here is my /usr/local/nginx/conf/conf.d/MYDOMAIN.com.conf file. I only see one instance of /forum/ listed.

Code:

server {
            listen   80;
            listen [::]:80;
            server_name MYDOMAIN.com;
            return 301 https://www.MYDOMAIN.com$request_uri;
       }

server {
            listen   80;
            listen [::]:80;
            server_name www.MYDOMAIN.com;
            return 301 https://www.MYDOMAIN.com$request_uri;
       }

server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        listen [::]:443 ssl;
        server_name MYDOMAIN.com;

        ssl_certificate      /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/MYDOMAIN.com.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key  /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/MYDOMAIN.com.key;

        ssl_client_certificate /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/cloudflare.crt;
        ssl_verify_client on;

        return 301 https://www.MYDOMAIN.com$request_uri;
}

server {

  listen 443 ssl;
  listen [::]:443 ssl;
 
  ssl_certificate      /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/MYDOMAIN.com.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key  /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/MYDOMAIN.com.key;

  ssl_client_certificate /usr/local/nginx/conf/ssl/cloudflare.crt;
  ssl_verify_client on;

  server_name www.MYDOMAIN.com;

  access_log /home/nginx/domains/MYDOMAIN.com/log/access.log combined buffer=256k flush=5m;
  error_log /home/nginx/domains/MYDOMAIN.com/log/error.log;

  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/autoprotect/MYDOMAIN.com/autoprotect-MYDOMAIN.com.conf;
  root /home/nginx/domains/MYDOMAIN.com/public;

  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/503include-main.conf;

  location / {
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/503include-only.conf;

  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri&$args;

  }

  location /forum/ {
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/503include-only.conf;

  try_files $uri $uri/ /forum/index.php?$uri&$args;

  }

 
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/staticfiles.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;

  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/drop.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/errorpage.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/vts_server.conf;
}

 

Actually I was going to attempt a XF 2.1.1. upgrade which is why I was going to un-protect my /install/ directory. That said there isn't an .htaccess file included in the upgrade ZIP from Xenforo.

Actually I am running 123.09beta01 which was upgraded thanks to another admin (I believe he's a member here), however the server has been running fine for some time now, why would it suddenly stop now after I tried to restart nginx?

 

@eva2000 so I stand corrected. There was an .htacess file already in the /install/ folder. When I looked I was only looking in the uploaded .ZIP file I extracted.

It seems autoprotect is the one that bite me this time with the pre-existing .htaccess file that's been there for some time now and was brought over from the migration to Centmin Mod.

I removed the file, followed your instructions above and all is good now. Thank you sir!