403 Forbidden Error

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I tried doing this: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-apache-web-server-on-centos-7

I got 403 Forbidden - nginx/1.0.15 error when i accessed example.com. I tried adding directory to virtualhost but still got error 403 also changed permissions to 755. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

KFSys March 29, 2020

Hi @ixtambay,

The error you’ve mentioned is actually related to an Nginx setup rather than an Apache one.

Having said that, can you please post your virtual configuration file of the domain example.com so that I can let you know if there is an actual problem with it.

Additionally, in the said virtual host file, you most probably specified a an Error Log, check the error log to see why the 403 error is being generated.

Regards,
KDSys

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ixtambay March 30, 2020

After further testing. It seems that index.html opens when i use the IP address instead of example.com. What seems to be the problem with it? As for the virtual configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
DocumentRoot “/var/www/example.com/html”
<Directory “/var/www/example.com/html”>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog “/var/www/example.com/log/error.log”
CustomLog “/var/www/example.com/log/requests.log” combined
</VirtualHost>
I was just given a VM. I installed httpd and I haven’t installed nginx on the server. Thanks again in advance.
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- KFSys April 1, 2020
  
  Ah, looking at the virtual host it’s indeed Apache. Depending on the OS, I’ll recommend going through the following tutorials to learn how can you create a virtual host file
  
  On CentOS 7 machine :
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-centos-7
  
  On Ubuntu 18.04 :
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-18-04
  
  If after configuring the virtual host how it’s explained in the articles above the error still persists, please check your DNS and that your example.com domain is actually loading from the Droplet.
  
  Regards,
  KDSys
  
  How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 18.04
  by Lisa Tagliaferri
  This tutorial will guide you through setting up multiple domains and websites using Apache virtual hosts on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. During this process, you’ll learn how to serve different content to different visitors depending on which domains they are requesting.
  
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ixtambay March 30, 2020

After further testing. It seems that index.html opens when i use the IP address instead of example.com. What seems to be the problem with it? As for the virtual configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
DocumentRoot “/var/www/example.com/html”
<Directory “/var/www/example.com/html”>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog “/var/www/example.com/log/error.log”
CustomLog “/var/www/example.com/log/requests.log” combined
</VirtualHost>
I was just given a VM. I installed httpd and I haven’t installed nginx on the server. Thanks again in advance.
Reply Report
- KFSys April 1, 2020
  
  Ah, looking at the virtual host it’s indeed Apache. Depending on the OS, I’ll recommend going through the following tutorials to learn how can you create a virtual host file
  
  On CentOS 7 machine :
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-centos-7
  
  On Ubuntu 18.04 :
  
  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-18-04
  
  If after configuring the virtual host how it’s explained in the articles above the error still persists, please check your DNS and that your example.com domain is actually loading from the Droplet.
  
  Regards,
  KDSys
  
  How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 18.04
  by Lisa Tagliaferri
  This tutorial will guide you through setting up multiple domains and websites using Apache virtual hosts on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. During this process, you’ll learn how to serve different content to different visitors depending on which domains they are requesting.
  
  Reply Report

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