Ubuntu Server Not serving the Web Page

Posted on May 20, 2024

oot@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-120gb-intel-lon1-01:~/Epos-F# sudo ls -l /root/Epos-F/build
total 516
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data    447 May 20 09:05 asset-manifest.json
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 424159 May 20 09:03 cloud.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data    639 May 20 09:05 index.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data  79838 May 20 09:03 logo.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data    471 May 20 09:03 manifest.json
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data     67 May 20 09:03 robots.tx

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Bobby Iliev

May 20, 2024

Accepted Answer

Hi there,

It’s not recommended to place your website’s content in the root directory (/root). Instead, it’s best practice to move it to the /var/www/html directory, which is the default directory for serving web content on many web servers, including Nginx.

Move the Build Files: Move your build files from /root/Epos-F/build to /var/www/html/Epos-F. You can do this using the following commands:
```
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/Epos-F
sudo mv /root/Epos-F/build/* /var/www/html/Epos-F/
```
Update Permissions: Ensure the files have the correct ownership and permissions. They should be owned by the www-data user and group:
```
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/Epos-F
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/Epos-F
```
Update Nginx Configuration: Edit your Nginx configuration to point to the new directory. Open your Nginx configuration file, which is usually found in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ or /etc/nginx/conf.d/. You can use a text editor like nano:
```
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
```
Update the root directive to point to the new location:
```
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_domain_or_IP;

    root /var/www/html/Epos-F;
    index index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
    }
}
```
Restart Nginx: After making these changes, restart the Nginx service to apply the new configuration:
```
sudo systemctl restart nginx
```
Check Nginx Status: Ensure that Nginx is running and has no configuration errors:
```
sudo systemctl status nginx
```