[emerg]: bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use)

If you get following error, when you try to start nginx…

Then it means nginx or some other process is already using port 80.

You can kill it using:

sudo fuser -k 80/tcp

And then try restarting nginx again:

service nginx start

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