title: nginx: [emerg] "server" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:98
body: <pre><code>user www-data;
  worker_processes 4;
  pid /run/nginx.pid;
  
  events {
          worker_connections 768;
          # multi_accept on;
  }
  
  http {
  
          ##
          # Basic Settings
          ##
  
          sendfile on;
          tcp_nopush on;
          tcp_nodelay on;
          keepalive_timeout 65;
          types_hash_max_size 2048;
          # server_tokens off;
  
          # server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
          # server_name_in_redirect off;
  
          include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
          default_type application/octet-stream;
  
          ##
          # Logging Settings
          ##
  
          access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
          error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
  
          ##
          # Gzip Settings
          ##
  
          gzip on;
          gzip_disable "msie6";
  
          # gzip_vary on;
          # gzip_proxied any;
          # gzip_comp_level 6;
          # gzip_buffers 16 8k;
          # gzip_http_version 1.1;
          # gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
  
          ##
          # nginx-naxsi config
          ##
          # Uncomment it if you installed nginx-naxsi
          ##
   #include /etc/nginx/naxsi_core.rules;
  
          ##
          # nginx-passenger config
          ##
          # Uncomment it if you installed nginx-passenger
          ##
  
          #passenger_root /usr;
          #passenger_ruby /usr/bin/ruby;
  
          ##
          # Virtual Host Configs
          ##
  
          include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
          #include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
  }
  #mail {
  #       # See sample authentication script at:
  #       # http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript
  #
  #       # auth_http localhost/auth.php;
  #       # pop3_capabilities "TOP" "USER";
  #       # imap_capabilities "IMAP4rev1" "UIDPLUS";
  #
  #       server {
  #               listen     localhost:110;
  #               protocol   pop3;
  #               proxy      on;
  #       }
  #
  #       server {
  #               listen     localhost:143;
  #               protocol   imap;
  #               proxy      on;
  #       }
  #}
  
  
  server {
      listen 80 default_server;
      server_name _;
  
      access_log /tmp/bokeh.access.log;
      error_log /tmp/bokeh.error.log debug;
  
      location / {
          proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5100;
          proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
          proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
          proxy_http_version 1.1;
          proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
          proxy_set_header Host $host:$server_port;
          proxy_buffering off;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and tested with </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo nginx -t
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>get </p>
  
  <pre><code>nginx: [emerg] "server" directive is not allowed here in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:98
  nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to set up a reverse proxy wit nginx, how can I fix the error ?</p>