connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream
Solution 1:
This answer is only for those who get an error like this:
connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client .... fastcgi://[::1]:9000
Rewrite your nginx config to use ip, not dns. For instance, 127.0.0.1
instead of localhost
, or remove the ipv6 alias from /etc/hosts.
Solution 2:
It sounds like you haven't started and configured the backend for Nginx. Start php-fpm
and add the following to nginx.conf
, in the http
context:
server {
listen 127.0.0.1;
server_name localhost;
error_log /var/log/nginx/localhost.error_log info;
root /var/www/localhost/htdocs;
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
error_page 404 /error/404.php;
}
}
Solution 3:
Got errors like this too.
Problem was my abstract backend referencing two servers.
php-fpm
was only listing to socket...
# Upstream to abstract backend connection(s) for php
upstream php {
server unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
#server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
server {
[...]
location ~ \.php$ {
# NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
# With php5-fpm:
fastcgi_pass php;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Solution 4:
Had the same problem with proxied requests to a Node server listening on port 5000. Requests would result with 200 OK
but sometime 502 Bad Gateway
randomly. NGINX showed the error:
connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: ..., server: ...
My solution:
- Set node HTTP server to listen strictly for ipv4 by including
localhost as host:
server.listen(5000, 'localhost');
- Removed any ipv6 listen directives (
listen [::]:80;
orlisten [::]:443 ssl default_server;
). - Changed location block proxy_pass to use IPs:
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000
(notproxy_pass http://localhost:5000
).
Hope this helps someone.