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Is there a way to access images on my droplet from the web browser?

Posted October 31, 2014 3.9k

My droplet IP is 104.131.101.4, and I have chmod 777’d the file located at (and named) /home/brdstr/eff.txt

I am trying to access the file with this URL in the browser:
104.131.101.4/home/brdstr/eff.txt

This txt file of couse should be accessible in that directory if all files (including png and jpg) are accessible.

The droplet is running Ubuntu as well btw.

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gd October 31, 2014

I would recommend installing a web server such as nginx or apache

that will allow you to serve files

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loseYourself October 31, 2014

Thanks for the tip!

Edit: Even found a tutorial on DO: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu

How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu
by Etel Sverdlov
This tutorial explains how to install Apache, how to install MySQL, how to change the root MySQL password, how to install PHP, and how to see what libraries are available. LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache ( the web server) , MySQL (the database), and PHP (the language). This tutorial is written for Ubuntu.
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doctormcluvin December 15, 2016

This tutorial no longer works. The mysql package used in there is no longer available.

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