Nginx can't access root directory in sites-available - linux

Question

I have basic nginx set up on my Digital Ocean droplet (Ubuntu). I have only one root user. In my nginx configuration file in location I have
server {
listen 80;
server_name site.com;
root /var/www/html/site;
}
I tried to change it to
root /root/site
But it gives me 403 Forbidden error. When I change it to nginx default directory
/var/www/html/site;
everything works fine.
Why is it giving me that error? I understand that only root user has access to root directory, but why can't browser only read files from there? Is it okay to create another folder, not like "/var/www/html/23rdsquad;" somewhere on my server (not /root or /var/www) and use that instead?

Answer 1

Your Nginx user does't have permission to read directory /root/site, so:
Check directory permission
user#user:~$ ls -l /root/site | grep site
drwxrwxrwx 7 user user 4096 ago 17 16:56 site
Check Nginx user
user#user:~$ ps aux|grep nginx|grep -v grep
Nginx user configuration is "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Usually you have
"user www-data;"
1) Change directory permission either Nginx user.
2) Restart Nginx service
user#user:~$ sudo systemctl restart nginx