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config setup for the wordpress file in sites-available

Posted July 10, 2020 817 views
NginxWordPressLEMPUbuntu 18.04

Sorry but I am having a little issue after following this guide.
It seems to be coming from the config file that Nginx uses to locate WordPress

My current syntax is:

server {

    location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; }
    location = /robots.txt { log_not_found off; access_log off; allow all; }
    location ~* \.(css|gif|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|png)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }



        location / {
                try_files $uri / /index.php$is_args$args;
        }
}

I am using a Linux mint 19 system (runs Ubuntu 18.04), and all things related to the LEMP stack are well set, and I am hosting on my laptop’s localhost but when I enter ‘localhost’ in browser I get a 403 error.

Seems there is no file for Nginx to process, please help me get through this issue.

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bobbyiliev July 10, 2020

Hi there @stealthman,

I believe that you need to follow the prerequisites as well, for example, if you go through this tutorial here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-ubuntu-18-04

You will notice that there are two additiaonal settings that you have to add:

        location ~ \.php$ {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        }

        location ~ /\.ht {
                deny all;
        }

And that you also need to have PHP FPM installed.

Let me know how it goes!
Regards,
Bobby

How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP stack) on Ubuntu 18.04
by Justin Ellingwood
by Mark Drake
This tutorial details the process for installing and configuring the components that constitute a LEMP stack on an Ubuntu 18.04 server, including Nginx, MySQL, and PHP. It also includes instructions for testing that these components can communicate effectively and serve your content correctly.
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  • stealthman July 17, 2020

    Thanks, Bobby I will do that right away

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  • stealthman July 17, 2020

    Hey, Bobby, I do have all these in my FastCGI conf file, my question is what exactly should be the contents of the WordPress conf file?
    I have FastCGI installed and enabled already, this is what its config file in /etc/nginx/sites-available look like:

    server {
        listen 80;
        root /var/www/html;
        index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
        server_name localhost;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        }

        location ~/\.ht {
                deny all;
        }


}

    And that for WordPress currently looks like this:

    server {
        listen 80;
        root /var/www/html;
        index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
        server_name localhost;

        location / {
                # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        }

        location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; }
    location = /robots.txt { log_not_found off; access_log off; allow all; }
    location ~* \.(css|gif|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|png)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }

        location ~/\.ht {
                deny all;
        }


}

    What am I missing? It still gives a 403 error when I visit localhost.

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    • stealthman July 17, 2020

      Hey, Bobby, I think I have figured out the whole config file thing.
      Right now the error is now showing this:

      This page isn’t working localhost is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

      Using a single config file now:

      server {
        listen 80;
        root /var/www/wordpress;
        index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
        server_name localhost;

        location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; }
        location = /robots.txt { log_not_found off; access_log off; allow all; }
        location ~* \.(css|gif|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|png)$ {
                expires max;
                log_not_found off;
    }

        location / {
                # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        }

}
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stealthman August 5, 2020

waoo this is a great resource
I would study it deeply

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