Reverse proxy + static file serving results in 403 (Forbidden) for static files

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Hi :slight_smile:
Thanks for providing so much info!

The problem here seems to be (Linux) file permissions.
While you did set 0777 (u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rwx) on the files you want to access, the caddy user still has to have execution access for every parent folder in the path to traverse/reach the file.

This is nothing caddy can change - this is just how Linux file permissions work.

Pick one:

  • So you could either use a totally different folder like /srv or /var/www (recommended :white_check_mark:)
  • OR add execution perms for literally any user on the inhji home directory via
    • chmod a+x /home/inhji
    • chmod a+x /home/inhji/www
    • chmod a+x /home/inhji/www/mirage
    • chmod a+x /home/inhji/www/mirage/data
    • chmod a+x /home/inhji/www/mirage/data/uploads and finally
    • chmod -R a+x /home/inhji/www/mirage/data/uploads to recursively go over all potential subdirs in data/uploads.
      I strongly advise against running chmod -R a+x /home/inhji because this will change EVERY SUBDIRECTORY in /home/inhji
  • OR add exec perms only for a group caddy is part of and set on the folders via chown on the inhji home directory via the same sequence above but this time using chmod g+x instead of o+x
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