Nginx

Finding the issue with a server 500 error

The Nginx error logs are showing too much detail.

Nginx logs and test

There are no errors in the nginx log and sudo nginx -t looks fine

sudo nginx -t

Response

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

Listen in on the ports being used on your server.  To do so, run the command

netstat -a | grep tcp

If netstat is not install, then you'll be prompted to run the install script

sudo apt install net-tools

Response

Error with Nginx

When running an Nginx test, the following response was being presented:

Goal: Restrict content access through username and password entry on an Nginx server.

1: Apache Utilities Package

First, update your server’s package index:

sudo apt update

Check if the utilities package exists in your environment by executing the command

dpkg --get-selections | grep apache

Response:

Securing sensitive content is essential for protecting data integrity and user privacy. One effective way to implement security is by restricting access to specific directories or resources using either Apache or Nginx authentication tools. This provides a comprehensive reference for configuring password protection on both Apache and Nginx web servers using the htpasswd utility.

Running Docker

Dangerous word... I'm assuming that Docker is installed.  Don't know how to check?  Using Terminal (I prefer iTerm2), run the following command

docker -D info

The set-up

Go to your project directory, and create a docker folder and a “docker-compose.yml” file:

Forcing https and www or non-www is a process that I was a custom to through .htaccess.  In fact I had become very strong at managing and working my .htaccess files.  However, what I had become strong in one area, I was oblivious to using other methods.  My bad.

Working in Drupal 9.x, I was loading images via the Media module.  Below 1 mb no issue.  Any thing over - nothing.  Nothing as in no response when loading.

An interesting situation, as I had already changed the php.ini file where the following updates occured:

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize = 2M

Had changed to