# Nginx error 502

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-error-502/199458>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 6, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-error-502/199458 "2021-08-06T16:55:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-error-502/199458/5 "2021-08-06T17:44:30Z")

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502 means your Discourse instance is not starting / started / running.

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