Editing Setting up SFTP with Nginx (section)

== Configuration Steps ==

# Verify Symbolic Link

<pre lang="bash"># Check if symbolic link is correct
ls -l /home/your_user/public_folder</pre>
Expected output:

<pre>lrwxrwxrwx 1 your_user your_user 26 Jan 20 15:00 /home/your_user/public_folder -&gt; /usr/share/nginx/html/folder</pre>
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<li>Check Directory Structure and Permissions</li></ol>

<pre lang="bash"># Check website root directory
sudo ls -lht /usr/share/nginx/html/
# Check target directory
sudo ls -lht /usr/share/nginx/html/folder/</pre>
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<li>Check Nginx Configuration</li></ol>

<pre lang="bash"># Check nginx config
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# Or check site config
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default</pre>
Basic nginx configuration should include:

<pre lang="nginx">server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_domain;

    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
}</pre>
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