title: NGINX error - [emerg] "server" directive is not allowed here
body: <p>I just installed nginx for my lab, in accidentally i deleted default file in /etc/nginx/site-available, then i copy the configuration on the internet, but it can not work with the new config, can someone help explain me what the error ?</p>
  
  <p>here is the error that i got 
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/F9FGS.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nginx error</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>root@kali:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled# [emerg] "server" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:16^C
  root@kali:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled# nginx -s reload
  nginx: [emerg] "server" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:16
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>here is the default file in /etc/nginx/sites-available</p>
  
  <pre><code>server {
          listen 80 default_server;
          listen [::]:80 default_server;
  
          # SSL configuration
          #
          # listen 443 ssl default_server;
          # listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
          #
          # Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
          # See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
          #
          # Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
          # See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
          #
          # Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
          # Don't use them in a production server!
          #
          # include snippets/snakeoil.conf;
  
          root /var/www/html;
  
          # Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
          index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
  
          server_name _;
  
          location / {
                  # First attempt to serve request as file, then
                  # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
                  try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
              # proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
              # proxy_http_version 1.1;
              # proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
              # proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
              # proxy_set_header Host $host;
              # proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
          }
  
          # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
          #
          #location ~ \.php$ {
          #       include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
          #
          #       # With php7.0-cgi alone:
          #       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
          #       # With php7.0-fpm:
          #       fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
          #}
  
          # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
          # concurs with nginx's one
          #
          #location ~ /\.ht {
          #       deny all;
          #}
  }
  
  
  # Virtual Host configuration for example.com
  #
  # You can move that to a different file under sites-available/ and symlink that
  # to sites-enabled/ to enable it.
  #
  #server {
  #       listen 80;
  #       listen [::]:80;
  #
  #       server_name example.com;
  #
  #       root /var/www/example.com;
  #       index index.html;
  #
  #       location / {
  #               try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
  #       }
  #}
  </code></pre>