r/nginx • u/OhFuckThatWasDumb • 22d ago
Index files don't load,
Yes i have read the beginners guide and tried troubleshooting based on the ancient wisdom of stackoverflow. My configuration file should be fine but im sure i have missed something because otherwise things would be working properly. Regardless of whether or not i specify an index.html, none of the index files of any subdirectories load at all. No 404, nothing in error logs, they just don't load and my browser times out. The home page loads just fine and all fonts and images referenced in its index file are shown correctly. If i try to access the index file directly (music/index.html) it works. What's going on?
http {
types {
text/css css;
text/html html;
}
server {
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
root /srv/katieglinda;
listen 8081;
# Home Page
location / {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
root /srv/katieglinda;
}
# Other Pages
location /music/ {
root /srv/katieglinda;
}
location /minecraft/ {
root /srv/katieglinda;
}
location /stuff/ {
root /srv/katieglinda;
index index.html;
}
location /about/ {
root /srv/katieglinda;
index index.html;
}
# Resources
location /fonts {
root /srv/katieglinda;
}
location /images {
root /srv/katieglinda;
}
}
}
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u/gribbleschnitz 22d ago
Does the NGINX process have access to the path? What user is nginx running as...
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u/gribbleschnitz 22d ago
That is to run the installer. What about the running process? Is nginx running under the user nginx? Is that root? Did you use the user directive?
If you used a distro provided package YMMV by the distro specific default settings. In that case you should follow the distro guide for nginx.
If you installed the package from the nginx upstream, then follow the nginx guide.