Nginx 403 Error (FIXED)

MightyRufo

After installing the full version of Laragon equip with Nginx, I cannot access any of my websites. I simply get a 403 error. I'm running Windows 10 Enterprise and my permissions seem correct. This is a fresh, clean installation.

What additional information can I provide to help? Thanks!

leokhoa

@MightyRufo: There is an error.log file (Menu > nginx > error.log). On the file, you'll find the reasons of 403 error.

MightyRufo

The error that I receive in said file is "12492#10748: *10 access forbidden by rule, client: 192.168.1.93, server: localhost, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host: "192.168.1.93""

This leads me to believe that a setting within ngnix is not allowing access. What does this look like to you, Leo?

leokhoa

@MightyRufo: That's the point. You should change your nginx's server setting to allow access from 192.168.1.93
Google is your friend, if not please feel free to ask

MightyRufo

I did try googling for it, but I had trouble finding what settings to change as there are mixed fixes for this problem. How do I allow access to a URL or IP Address?

leokhoa

Open your virtual host/server (Menu > nginx > sites-enabled > auto.xxx.dev.conf)
Add

    allow  all;

below proper location directives (or all of them if you are not sure);

location / {
    allow  all;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
    allow  all;
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_pass php_upstream;		
    #fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
}

Reload nginx and check if it works.
If yes, test again, in that case just allow a specific IP:

allow 1192.168.1.93;

MightyRufo

Well, I had to apply those settings to the default conf file and it worked! You are awesome Leo! However, now I can't seem to get Nginx to serve a webpage. I'm trying to access wordpress here. The address seems correct, but my browser just seems to endlessly try to load the webpage. There are no errors in the log file, so i'm at a loss.

leokhoa

@MightyRufo : I don't know why it happened to you because default installation of Laragon doesn't require users to do any further settings.

I suggest you to test with a blank installation of Laragon 2.2.2 (you can keep the previous one) by:

Exit current Laragon
Install Laragon's Nginx to C:\lara
Test Quick Create website with Wordpress

MightyRufo

I did exactly as you mentioned, and i'm still left with the same result. apche works great! I used that for a while, but now i was looking forward to the speed benefits.

I'll install it on another computer and see how it fairs there.

EDIT: hmm, I installed it on a different machine and it works. That's very odd. I'll have to see what I can do. Thanks for the help Leo!

leokhoa

Strange, no one reports the same issue as yours. I'll see your result on another computer/VM

MightyRufo

The problem seems to have gone away.. somehow.. for some unknown reason.. out of nowhere... I mean that's cool..

So, uh, it's fixed! lmao

leokhoa

Cool! glad to hear it worked

Nathan Ellis

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