We are receiving the same crash. It only happens after the add_header portion of the configuation. After commenting these out the server was able to start.
Here is an excerpt from the strace. ~~~~~~~~~~~ open("/etc/nginx/vc-crossdomain", O_RDONLY) = 6 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=50, ...}) = 0 pread(6, "location /crossdomain.xml {\n\troo"..., 50, 0) = 50 close(6) = 0 open("/etc/nginx/vc-defaults", O_RDONLY) = 6 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=29, ...}) = 0 pread(6, "add_header X-Node $hostname;\n", 29, 0) = 29 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Segmentation fault ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After removing the add header calls ~~~~~~~~~ ioctl(21, FIOASYNC, [1]) = 0 fcntl(21, F_SETOWN, 30831) = 0 fcntl(21, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fcntl(22, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 write(2, "nginx: configuration file /etc/n"..., 67nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful ) = 67 exit_group(0) ~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks -- -------------------- Bryan Tong Nullivex LLC | eSited LLC (507) 298-1624