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I have ubuntu 15.04. After searching I found a variety of links that suggest the default directory for for nginx is /usr/share/nginx/html. It looks like that directory was created and there was already an index.html file at that location. I tried to add another html file and found that I could not browse to that location. I then found another links suggesting /var/www/html which I also created a test html file and was able pull back the file. Why do both directories exist and what is the difference between them?
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I have ubuntu 15.04. After searching I found a variety of links that suggest the default directory for for nginx is /usr/share/nginx/html. It looks like that directory was created and there was already an index.html file at that location. I tried to add another html file and found that I could not browse to that location. I then found another links suggesting /var/www/html which I also created a test html file and was able pull back the file. Why do both directories exist and what is the difference between them?
ubuntu nginx
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
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asked Sep 2 '15 at 3:03
coding4funcoding4fun
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Anything under /usr would not typically be modifiable by normal users (eg. www-data). /var/www/html would make more sense. I can't speak specifics though because I typically compile nginx from source where the default is /var/nginx/html. The Ubuntu nginx tends to be horribly out of date even in current releases.
– CR.
Sep 2 '15 at 3:17
Please go through older post unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110328/… Hope it would helpful.
– sanjayparmar
Aug 10 '18 at 5:18
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I have ubuntu 15.04. After searching I found a variety of links that suggest the default directory for for nginx is /usr/share/nginx/html. It looks like that directory was created and there was already an index.html file at that location. I tried to add another html file and found that I could not browse to that location. I then found another links suggesting /var/www/html which I also created a test html file and was able pull back the file. Why do both directories exist and what is the difference between them?
ubuntu nginx
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
4,36982428
asked Sep 2 '15 at 3:03
coding4funcoding4fun
2171510
I have ubuntu 15.04. After searching I found a variety of links that suggest the default directory for for nginx is /usr/share/nginx/html. It looks like that directory was created and there was already an index.html file at that location. I tried to add another html file and found that I could not browse to that location. I then found another links suggesting /var/www/html which I also created a test html file and was able pull back the file. Why do both directories exist and what is the difference between them?
ubuntu nginx
ubuntu nginx
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
4,36982428
asked Sep 2 '15 at 3:03
coding4funcoding4fun
2171510
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
4,36982428
asked Sep 2 '15 at 3:03
coding4funcoding4fun
2171510
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
4,36982428
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
4,36982428
edited Sep 11 '18 at 10:48
Dave M
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asked Sep 2 '15 at 3:03
coding4funcoding4fun
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asked Sep 2 '15 at 3:03
coding4funcoding4fun
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Anything under /usr would not typically be modifiable by normal users (eg. www-data). /var/www/html would make more sense. I can't speak specifics though because I typically compile nginx from source where the default is /var/nginx/html. The Ubuntu nginx tends to be horribly out of date even in current releases.
– CR.
Sep 2 '15 at 3:17
Please go through older post unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110328/… Hope it would helpful.
– sanjayparmar
Aug 10 '18 at 5:18
add a comment |
Anything under /usr would not typically be modifiable by normal users (eg. www-data). /var/www/html would make more sense. I can't speak specifics though because I typically compile nginx from source where the default is /var/nginx/html. The Ubuntu nginx tends to be horribly out of date even in current releases.
– CR.
Sep 2 '15 at 3:17
Please go through older post unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110328/… Hope it would helpful.
– sanjayparmar
Aug 10 '18 at 5:18
Anything under /usr would not typically be modifiable by normal users (eg. www-data). /var/www/html would make more sense. I can't speak specifics though because I typically compile nginx from source where the default is /var/nginx/html. The Ubuntu nginx tends to be horribly out of date even in current releases.
– CR.
Sep 2 '15 at 3:17
Anything under /usr would not typically be modifiable by normal users (eg. www-data). /var/www/html would make more sense. I can't speak specifics though because I typically compile nginx from source where the default is /var/nginx/html. The Ubuntu nginx tends to be horribly out of date even in current releases.
– CR.
Sep 2 '15 at 3:17
Please go through older post unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110328/… Hope it would helpful.
– sanjayparmar
Aug 10 '18 at 5:18
Please go through older post unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110328/… Hope it would helpful.
– sanjayparmar
Aug 10 '18 at 5:18
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Both directories exist because both are needed, for different purposes.
/usr/share/nginx/html is the compiled-in default location for each server's document root, in the absence of one being specified.
/var/www/html is the configured location for the default server's document root as configured in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.
Why use /var/www/html? Because a sysadmin may wish to modify the default vhost's document root, but the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (which Ubuntu follows because it follows Debian, whose policy requires compliance with the FHS) requires that user-modifiable content go into /var (or /srv, or /home -- basically any number of places that aren't /usr).
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You need to open default vhost file (usually /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default) and check the 'root' parameter. It points to root directory for default nginx vhost.
Also, you may need to change permissions to your html page.
chown www-data:www-data /path/to/your/html/page.html
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Both directories exist because both are needed, for different purposes.
/usr/share/nginx/html is the compiled-in default location for each server's document root, in the absence of one being specified.
/var/www/html is the configured location for the default server's document root as configured in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.
Why use /var/www/html? Because a sysadmin may wish to modify the default vhost's document root, but the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (which Ubuntu follows because it follows Debian, whose policy requires compliance with the FHS) requires that user-modifiable content go into /var (or /srv, or /home -- basically any number of places that aren't /usr).
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Both directories exist because both are needed, for different purposes.
/usr/share/nginx/html is the compiled-in default location for each server's document root, in the absence of one being specified.
/var/www/html is the configured location for the default server's document root as configured in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.
Why use /var/www/html? Because a sysadmin may wish to modify the default vhost's document root, but the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (which Ubuntu follows because it follows Debian, whose policy requires compliance with the FHS) requires that user-modifiable content go into /var (or /srv, or /home -- basically any number of places that aren't /usr).
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Both directories exist because both are needed, for different purposes.
/usr/share/nginx/html is the compiled-in default location for each server's document root, in the absence of one being specified.
/var/www/html is the configured location for the default server's document root as configured in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.
Why use /var/www/html? Because a sysadmin may wish to modify the default vhost's document root, but the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (which Ubuntu follows because it follows Debian, whose policy requires compliance with the FHS) requires that user-modifiable content go into /var (or /srv, or /home -- basically any number of places that aren't /usr).
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Both directories exist because both are needed, for different purposes.
/usr/share/nginx/html is the compiled-in default location for each server's document root, in the absence of one being specified.
/var/www/html is the configured location for the default server's document root as configured in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.
Why use /var/www/html? Because a sysadmin may wish to modify the default vhost's document root, but the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (which Ubuntu follows because it follows Debian, whose policy requires compliance with the FHS) requires that user-modifiable content go into /var (or /srv, or /home -- basically any number of places that aren't /usr).
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You need to open default vhost file (usually /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default) and check the 'root' parameter. It points to root directory for default nginx vhost.
Also, you may need to change permissions to your html page.
chown www-data:www-data /path/to/your/html/page.html
answered Sep 2 '15 at 3:16
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You need to open default vhost file (usually /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default) and check the 'root' parameter. It points to root directory for default nginx vhost.
Also, you may need to change permissions to your html page.
chown www-data:www-data /path/to/your/html/page.html
answered Sep 2 '15 at 3:16
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You need to open default vhost file (usually /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default) and check the 'root' parameter. It points to root directory for default nginx vhost.
Also, you may need to change permissions to your html page.
chown www-data:www-data /path/to/your/html/page.html
answered Sep 2 '15 at 3:16
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You need to open default vhost file (usually /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default) and check the 'root' parameter. It points to root directory for default nginx vhost.
Also, you may need to change permissions to your html page.
chown www-data:www-data /path/to/your/html/page.html
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Anything under /usr would not typically be modifiable by normal users (eg. www-data). /var/www/html would make more sense. I can't speak specifics though because I typically compile nginx from source where the default is /var/nginx/html. The Ubuntu nginx tends to be horribly out of date even in current releases.
– CR.
Sep 2 '15 at 3:17
Please go through older post unix.stackexchange.com/questions/110328/… Hope it would helpful.
– sanjayparmar
Aug 10 '18 at 5:18