Debian 11 - Nginx 1.18.0 scenarios to Serve Static Files with '403 Forbidden' scenarios
I'm not sure how to approach I'm upgrading from an older version and I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm running Nginx version 1.18.0 on Debian 11, and I've just set up a basic static file server... However, when I try to access any static files hosted in my `/var/www/html` directory, I'm getting a '403 Forbidden' behavior. I've ensured that the files are in the correct location and that the Nginx configuration points to the right directory. My Nginx configuration file looks like this: ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name mydomain.com; location / { root /var/www/html; index index.html index.htm; } } ``` I’ve checked the file permissions and they are set to `644` for the HTML files and `755` for the directories. The ownership of the `/var/www/html` directory is set to `www-data:www-data`. Despite this, when I run `sudo nginx -t`, the configuration test passes without issues. Additionally, I looked into the Nginx behavior log located at `/var/log/nginx/behavior.log` and found the following entries: ``` 2023/10/10 12:30:45 [behavior] 1234#1234: *1 directory index of "/var/www/html/" is forbidden, client: 192.168.1.100, server: mydomain.com, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host: "mydomain.com" ``` I’ve also tried to set `autoindex on;` inside the location block, but that didn’t resolve the scenario. Is there something I might be missing in terms of configuration or permissions? Why is Nginx returning a 403 behavior despite the correct file permissions? I'm working on a web app that needs to handle this. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this. Hoping someone can shed some light on this. This is part of a larger microservice I'm building. Cheers for any assistance!