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    location / {
        root /data/www;
    }

    location /images/ {
        root /data;
    }
}   After reloading the config file and entering localhost on the browser I can neither get the index.html file nor see the images. What I am trying to do is to display the image when I enter something as: http://localhost/1.0.0/basemap/7/65/70.png   7: folder indicating 7th zoom level  65: folder indicating the latitude 70.png: file indicating the longitude (folder 65 includes many png files)  What am I missing?  (/questions/tagged/configuration) (show questions tagged 'configuration') configuration  (/questions/tagged/nginx) (show questions tagged 'nginx') nginx  (/questions/tagged/configuration-files) (show questions tagged 'configuration-files') configuration-files      (/q/18954827) (Short permalink to this question) Share  Share a link to this question     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/18954827/edit) () Improve this question  Follow (70:3:31e,16:82eae37b4079cb97,10:1743973864,16:ad97ebf2eb251c98,8:18954827,a1b102f469842bbc9f86eb4de00d9f48d69b6f4610f3a2e4e54f9ded9f9ca90b)  Follow this question to receive notifications       (/posts/18954827/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2013-09-23 09:01:37Z) Sep 23, 2013 at 9:01     iso_9001_     asked (2013-09-23 08:31:09Z) Sep 23, 2013 at 8:31   (/users/1376472/iso-9001) (iso_9001_'s user avatar)    (/users/1376472/iso-9001) iso_9001_ iso_9001_ (reputation score) 2,881 (7 gold badges)  7  7 gold badges (34 silver badges)  34  34 silver badges (48 bronze badges)  48  48 bronze badges        4   why create a new server block, what is the URL that you are planning to access these images by, are they still localhost or do you have a domain that points to your server – (/users/2149092/mohammad-abushady) (42,977 reputation) Mohammad AbuShady  Commented (2013-09-23 08:44:24Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sep 23, 2013 at 8:44   (this comment was edited 1 time)        (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   they are localhost. there is no domain. I created the new server block because the beginner's guide says so – (/users/1376472/iso-9001) (2,881 reputation) iso_9001_  Commented (2013-09-23 08:47:21Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sep 23, 2013 at 8:47        do you have a sites-enabled and sites-available folder inside /etc/nginx ? – (/users/2149092/mohammad-abushady) (42,977 reputation) Mohammad AbuShady  Commented (2013-09-23 08:52:09Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sep 23, 2013 at 8:52      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   Yes, those folders are inside /etc/nginx and both have default file inside. I also edited the OP, please check – (/users/1376472/iso-9001) (2,881 reputation) iso_9001_  Commented (2013-09-23 09:00:41Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sep 23, 2013 at 9:00        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          3 Answers 3   Sorted by:  (/questions/18954827/how-to-serve-images-with-nginx?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) Reset to default   (scoredesc) Highest score (default)  (trending) Trending (recent votes count more)  (modifieddesc) Date modified (newest first)  (createdasc) Date created (oldest first)            This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:524c6bdfbe9e0023,10:1743973864,16:8a17365fcce68633,8:18955629,750e0d4fc361c1ed22405e394b59cf48c39b45d864a71e35271978a4c1dbec5b) 35  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:0a2ebbc3093a199c,10:1743973864,16:85b70188c6524649,8:18955629,4276df7373e50fa03e6ebc9074c67834ca68854e7179c37bb1a9350d226b2fbc)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/18955629/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Ok, let me explain something, you already have a localhost server, which is defined inside a file called default that is the file that causes the "Welcome to nginx" or something to appear, and I believe you can't create a new server with the same server_name , let's remove that and make your localhost serve only those images,  First we need to delete the default file from sites-enabled , it will still exist inside sites-available if you ever want to get it back. ( note that all files inside sites-enabled are simply symlinks from the files inside sites-available )  We create a new file inside sites-available and call it whatever you want, images-app for example create the new server inside the images-app file, I'll assume that the root of the app is inside a folder called /data of course you will map that to your own server structure. server {
    server_name localhost;
    root /data;
    index index.html;
    location / {
        try_files $uri =404;
    }
}    now we go to sites-enabled and enable this site we created inside sites-available  sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/images-app /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/    make sure that all the nginx config are correct sudo nginx -t    If nothing is wrong we can go ahead and reload nginx settings sudo service nginx reload       (/a/18955629) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/18955629/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:d00b61fe4748e0ff,10:1743973864,16:bd38056a11ed8d56,8:18955629,19db988d185f4f3a0ca5d86feb0d9e3f46dfdf9338960bc3af366f1c6d1702da)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       (/posts/18955629/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2013-09-23 09:24:39Z) Sep 23, 2013 at 9:24         answered (2013-09-23 09:15:42Z) Sep 23, 2013 at 9:15   (/users/2149092/mohammad-abushady) (Mohammad AbuShady's user avatar)    (/users/2149092/mohammad-abushady) Mohammad AbuShady Mohammad AbuShady (reputation score 42,977) 43k (11 gold badges)  11  11 gold badges (81 silver badges)  81  81 silver badges (89 bronze badges)  89  89 bronze badges        3 (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   This is very detailed and instructive. I had to delete my virtual machine due to disk error. I am now re-installing it and will try it when installation is done. Thank you very much – (/users/1376472/iso-9001) (2,881 reputation) iso_9001_  Commented (2013-09-23 09:22:13Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sep 23, 2013 at 9:22      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 2   I have just had the chance to try this out and it worked like a charm. Thank you for the detailed answer and your time – (/users/1376472/iso-9001) (2,881 reputation) iso_9001_  Commented (2013-09-23 12:50:43Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sep 23, 2013 at 12:50        or just modify this default file already having half of the instruction to set up your own server. – (/users/773595/vdegenne) (13,356 reputation) vdegenne  Commented (2022-12-05 15:14:33Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Dec 5, 2022 at 15:14        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)              This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:7b412cb6e4518e12,10:1743973864,16:15e6458e20414eee,8:53799210,74c9748a30b2e914040584f56d1f14bd2eb21c311154a080fa9b8747a8da3431) 11  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:b203b9a733fec10f,10:1743973864,16:6378ee0cfb03653b,8:53799210,fb598fdf83501b0e232981ac2df987315797eb78de4ae9cec58ad7aef06c9ef5)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/53799210/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    For my case I just edited /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default file. I added following config: location /images/ {
            root /data;
        }   and placed images under /data/images : (https://i.sstatic.net/u3OTU.png) (enter image description here)   and url works: (http://localhost/images/example.png) http://localhost/images/example.png  I use VS Code as SuperUser. (I know it is bad, but I accept risks)
It helps a lot with root access file editing: (https://i.sstatic.net/dN0f3.png) (enter image description here)     (/a/53799210) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/53799210/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:932d01a0a73e57ea,10:1743973864,16:a50431be6ffa0d44,8:53799210,2d8dc546daec4165907f98f2d2a1032d940c9a5264bd6a4ddd02da283ed11eaa)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2018-12-16 03:33:39Z) Dec 16, 2018 at 3:33   (/users/929902/teoman-shipahi) (Teoman shipahi's user avatar)    (/users/929902/teoman-shipahi) Teoman shipahi Teoman shipahi (reputation score 23,152) 23.2k (16 gold badges)  16  16 gold badges (144 silver badges)  144  144 silver badges (173 bronze badges)  173  173 bronze badges        1   can i create image hosting service with ngnix? and custom domain ? – (/users/12793212/rohan-devaki) (3,279 reputation) Rohan Devaki  Commented (2022-02-18 15:21:44Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Feb 18, 2022 at 15:21        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:4a52e83baf751a6a,10:1743973864,16:960092ce91fd9a0f,8:36476720,0b8bd5e28e0b867c14cad58ed3df2777eefbe2a6491d74d5e45d503af343f68a) 6  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:ae4f8dd1c4539793,10:1743973864,16:0df448b003567a57,8:36476720,6c6c7bebfdbe800e42be18cec3025c2f94dc2ec05c3f8d8250374113e196f9e3)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/36476720/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    I'm also new to nginx, Here is my solution that is similar with Mohammad AbuShady's answer : delete sites-enabled/default  create the whatever.conf in /etc/nginx/conf.d/   The reason is: sites-enabled/default has defined a server that is listening on 80 rooting with /var/www/html server {
  listen 80 default_server;
  listen [::]:80 default_server;

  root /var/www/html;
  location / {
        # First attempt to serve request as file, then
        # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
}   the nginx.conf file includes other conf files include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;   pay attention on permission the 1st edition of my.conf is root on /home/myusername/, but will get 403 Forbidden error, check the error.log: 2016/04/07 20:12:44 [error] 12466#0: *2 open() "/home/myusername/data/a" failed (13: Permission denied), 
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