By fidbeck
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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<b>“Following the two tutorials is a bit redundant right?”</b> <br> <br>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.
Since you’re going to host multiple websites on your droplet you should store them in <code>/var/www/example.com/public_html</code>
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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