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