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Nginx: setup `public_folder` to serve html and similar files?

Posted November 16, 2013 7.2k views
After installing the Ghost droplet (running Nginx) I've realised that there is no `public_folder` or `www` folder where I can drop random html files and other docs (e.g. Google Webmaster Tools domain verification file). Is anyone aware of the configuration/changes required to have a `public_folder` up and running on Nginx without affecting the security of the server?
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kamaln7 November 16, 2013
You can store such files in /path/to/ghost/core/shared.
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antoniorus November 16, 2013
Hi Kamal, 
/path/to/ghost/core/shared
doesn't work. Any files uploaded there are not public and do not show up on 
domain-name.com/anyfile.html
, all you get is a 404.
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pablo November 17, 2013
"Any files uploaded there are not public..."

Then why not make it public?
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antoniorus November 17, 2013
Pablo: Original question "Is anyone aware of the configuration/changes required to have a `public_folder` up and running on Nginx without affecting the security of the server?"
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kamaln7 November 17, 2013
Please pastebin your nginx virtualhost config file.
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antoniorus November 18, 2013 

server {

  listen 80;

  server_name www.ghost-blog.com;

  rewrite ^/(.*) http://ghost-blog.com/$1 permanent;

}



server {

root /usr/share/nginx/www;

index index.html index.htm;



server_name localhost;



location / {

    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;       

  }



location /doc/ {

    alias /usr/share/doc/;

    autoindex on;

    allow 127.0.0.1;

    deny all;

  }

}
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kamaln7 November 18, 2013
@ar: Are you sure these are the only virtual host config files? There doesn't seem to be a virtual host for the ghost blog, ghost-blog.com.
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