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apache selinux centos bash

I need help solving I keep running into I'm currently running Apache on CentOS 7 with SELinux enabled and I'm working with a 'Permission denied' behavior when trying to access files in a custom directory located at `/srv/myapp`. I've confirmed that the directory and its files have the right ownership and permissions set with the following command: ```bash ls -l /srv/myapp ``` The output shows: ``` drwxr-xr-x. 2 apache apache 4096 Oct 10 12:34 myapp ``` Additionally, I've tried temporarily setting SELinux to permissive mode using `setenforce 0`, which allows access without issues, but I want to keep SELinux enforcing for security reasons. I checked the SELinux contexts for the directory with: ```bash ls -Z /srv ``` The output indicates that the context is set to `unlabeled_t`, which doesn't allow Apache to access it. I've attempted to change the context with the following command: ```bash chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /srv/myapp ``` However, after running this, I restarted Apache and still received the 'Permission denied' behavior. I also verified that no other security policies are interfering by checking the audit logs with: ```bash ausearch -m avc -ts recent ``` I saw entries indicating that access was denied due to the context scenario. What steps can I take to correctly set the SELinux context for this directory so that Apache can access it without compromising my server's security? I'm working in a Ubuntu 20.04 environment. My development environment is Debian.