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Patch by Sturm: explain permissions on media directories in deployment docs

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This should hopefully reduce the amount that users are confused by their
media files not being available.
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Christopher Allan Webber 2014-11-20 11:36:29 -06:00
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@ -388,6 +388,18 @@ this ``nginx.conf`` file should be modeled on the following::
} }
} }
The first four ``location`` directives instruct Nginx to serve the
static and uploaded files directly rather than through the MediaGoblin
process. This approach is faster and requires less memory.
.. note::
The user who owns the Nginx process, normally ``www-data``,
requires execute permission on the directories ``static``,
``public``, ``theme_static`` and ``plugin_static`` plus all their
parent directories. This user also requires read permission on all
the files within these directories. This is normally the default.
Now, nginx instance is configured to serve the MediaGoblin Now, nginx instance is configured to serve the MediaGoblin
application. Perform a quick test to ensure that this configuration application. Perform a quick test to ensure that this configuration
works. Restart nginx so it picks up your changes, with a command that works. Restart nginx so it picks up your changes, with a command that
@ -433,3 +445,7 @@ Security Considerations
and restart the server, so that it creates a new secret key. and restart the server, so that it creates a new secret key.
All previous sessions will be invalidated. All previous sessions will be invalidated.
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