2 tutorials, differents paths?

October 22, 2013 5.5k views
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First I followed this tutorial here https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-12-04 and now I'm following this one right here https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-nginx-virtual-hosts-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts--3 but there seems to be a kind of a problem here because while on the first link the STEP SIX says to set root to "root /usr/share/nginx/www;" and in the second STEP FIVE sets the root to root /var/www/example.com/public_html; Do I have to go one way or the other?
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notkamalnasser October 22, 2013
You can put the root folder anywhere you want, just be sure that www-data:www-data are the owners, the tut is wrong.
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fid.beck October 22, 2013
What you mean is wrong? :S I'm adding my user to group www:data
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notkamalnasser October 22, 2013
NGINX already creates a user and group called www-data
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fid.beck October 22, 2013
if I access localhost/ I get Welcome to nginx! (from how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-12-04 article). If I access 127.0.0.1 I get Success: You Have Set Up a Virtual Host (from how-to-set-up-nginx-virtual-hosts-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts--3)
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pablo October 22, 2013
"You can put the root folder anywhere you want..."

That is correct.

"... the tut is wrong."

I wouldn't say that the tut is wrong. At worst, misleading -- albeit, not intentionally -- in that it does not state that you can set the Nginx root directory just about anywhere you want. In addition to /var/www/, other popular locations are /srv/www/ and /home/user/.
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fid.beck October 22, 2013
The first one I know.
The second I've set to var/www

Following the two tutorials is a bit redundant right?
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pablo October 23, 2013
"Following the two tutorials is a bit redundant right?"

Yes; sorta. The two articles serve two distinct purposes. However, there is some overlap. Thus, to duplicate the overlapping portions of the two tutorials on your droplet... yes, that would be redundant.
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kamaln7 MOD October 23, 2013
Since you're going to host multiple websites on your droplet you should store them in /var/www/example.com/public_html
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