In this tutorial, we will show you how to fix 504 gateway time-out on the Nginx web server on the Linux server. If you run an Nginx web server you may have already encountered the annoying 504 Gateway Time-out errors. This is a pretty common error, is generated most probably by the PHP max execution time limit, or by the FastCGI read timeout settings.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation to fix Nginx 504 gateway timeout on the Nginx webserver.
Fix 504 Gateway Time-out on Nginx
- Changes in php.ini
Try raising the max_execution_time setting in php.ini file (CentOS path is /etc/php.ini):
max_execution_time = 150
- Changes in PHP-FPM
Try raising the request_terminate_timeout setting in the php.ini file (CentOS path is /etc/php-fpm.d):
request_terminate_timeout = 150- Changes in Nginx Config
Finally, add the fastcgi_read_timeout variable inside our Nginx virtual host configuration:
location ~* \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_read_timeout 150;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}Reload PHP-FPM and Nginx
service php-fpm restart service nginx restart
For Nginx as Proxy for Apache web server, this is what you have to try to fix the 504 Gateway Timeout error:
Add the following variables to nginx.conf file:
proxy_connect_timeout 600; proxy_send_timeout 600; proxy_read_timeout 600; send_timeout 600;
Once complete, simply reload Nginx:
service nginx restart
Congratulations! You have successfully fixed the error Nginx 504 gateway time out. Thanks for using this tutorial to fix 504 gateway timeout errors in the Linux system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Nginx website.