# Trouble seeing chef-server webui

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/trouble-seeing-chef-server-webui/5369>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [May 6, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/trouble-seeing-chef-server-webui/5369 "2014-05-06T03:24:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ameya\_Savale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/ameya_savale/32/9_2.png) [@Ameya\_Savale](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Ameya_Savale)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/trouble-seeing-chef-server-webui/5369/1 "2014-05-06T03:24:20Z")

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Hi Guys,

I’m trying to setup the open source chef-server. I seem to have set  
everything up correctly but for some reason when I go to the url of the  
server in my browser I only see the nginx default screen. When I type  
chef-server-ctl test, all the tests pass. I’ve been searching online for  
steps to install the server and all of them only say that once you run  
chef-server-ctl reconfigure you should be able to go to the url in your  
browser and the chef-server webui should be displayed. Could someone point  
me in the right direction please

- Thanks  
Ameya

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Mzyk\_OLD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mark_mzyk_old/32/197_2.png) [@Mark\_Mzyk\_OLD](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mark_Mzyk_OLD)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/trouble-seeing-chef-server-webui/5369/2 "2014-05-06T03:45:30Z")

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It should have worked, but it obviously didn't. Are you seeing any kind  
of errors from nginx? You can watch the nginx logs with "chef-server-ctl  
tail nginx". If you need more logs, you can leave off the nginx and just  
try "chef-server-ctl tail". You could also watch the webu lgosi and see  
if it is throwing any errors with "chef-server-ctl tail  
chef-server-webui". You can also find all the logs at /var/log/chef-server.

It could also be possible that something is wrong with the hostname. See  
the docs here: [Install the Chef Infra Server](http://docs.opscode.com/install_server.html) at the bottom  
and see if your hostname checks out. I suspect it's more likely there is  
an error somewhere in the logs, but I've been wrong before and likely  
will be again.

- Mark

> Ameya Savale [mailto:ameya@simplyhired.com](mailto:ameya@simplyhired.com)  
> May 5, 2014 at 11:24 PM  
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I'm trying to setup the open source chef-server. I seem to have set  
> everything up correctly but for some reason when I go to the url of  
> the server in my browser I only see the nginx default screen. When I  
> type chef-server-ctl test, all the tests pass. I've been searching  
> online for steps to install the server and all of them only say that  
> once you run chef-server-ctl reconfigure you should be able to go to  
> the url in your browser and the chef-server webui should be displayed.  
> Could someone point me in the right direction please
> 
> - Thanks  
> Ameya

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**Author:** ![Ameya\_Savale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/ameya_savale/32/9_2.png) [@Ameya\_Savale](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Ameya_Savale)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/trouble-seeing-chef-server-webui/5369/3 "2014-05-06T16:46:41Z")

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Thanks Mark, I will take a look at the logs and see if I can make some  
progress

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Mark Mzyk [mmzyk@getchef.com](mailto:mmzyk@getchef.com) wrote:

> It should have worked, but it obviously didn't. Are you seeing any kind of  
> errors from nginx? You can watch the nginx logs with "chef-server-ctl tail  
> nginx". If you need more logs, you can leave off the nginx and just try  
> "chef-server-ctl tail". You could also watch the webu lgosi and see if it  
> is throwing any errors with "chef-server-ctl tail chef-server-webui". You  
> can also find all the logs at /var/log/chef-server.
> 
> It could also be possible that something is wrong with the hostname. See  
> the docs here: [Install the Chef Infra Server](http://docs.opscode.com/install_server.html) at the bottom  
> and see if your hostname checks out. I suspect it's more likely there is an  
> error somewhere in the logs, but I've been wrong before and likely will be  
> again.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> I'm trying to setup the open source chef-server. I seem to have set  
> everything up correctly but for some reason when I go to the url of the  
> server in my browser I only see the nginx default screen. When I type  
> chef-server-ctl test, all the tests pass. I've been searching online for  
> steps to install the server and all of them only say that once you run  
> chef-server-ctl reconfigure you should be able to go to the url in your  
> browser and the chef-server webui should be displayed. Could someone point  
> me in the right direction please
> 
> - Thanks  
> Ameya