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403 error (forbidden) for images on Apache Server running Ubuntu 18.04

I understand that this is caused by permissions error. Except when I changed my site theme and added new images some of the images did not load and returned a 403 error. The ones previously on the site (before the theme change) still load but all the new ones don’t. I can add images to other subdomains but not index.html or it will return a 403 error.

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KFSys • February 11, 2020

Hi @ramvandermeer,

Please provide us with your Vhost file for the website.

Having said that, this doesn’t mean it’s a problem with the Vhost file and it can be due to SELinux Access Control. As this is quite the long topic, I’ll recommend checking out DigitalOcean’s Tutorial about configuring Apache on Ubuntu servers - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-apache-web-server-on-ubuntu-18-04

It should provide you with the steps on how to configure Apache first and then a proper Vhost file with the proper permissions.

Regards, KDSys