[ubuntu] How to start nginx via different port(other than 80)

Follow this: Open your config file

vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

Change port number on which you are listening;

listen       81;
server_name  localhost;

Add a rule to iptables

 vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables 
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 81 -j ACCEPT

Restart IPtables

 service iptables restart;

Restart the nginx server

service nginx restart

Access yr nginx server files on port 81