Question

I try to embed a wordpress instance to nginx server that also works with my already installed Rails application. I used all the same with that writing (HOWTO: Install WordPress on Nginx; no Date given) but it gives 403 error for all requests.

How could I understand the reason of that permission error. Logs does not include further information. Is it about the permission problem on fast-cgi or any running process?

This is also my current setting:

 server{
       listen 80;
       server_name www.bla.com bla.com;
       root /opt/nginx/wordpress/;
       try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
       location ~ \.php$ {
          include     fastcgi_params;
          fastcgi_pass localhost:53217;

          fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
       }
   }

Answer 1

403 is the HTTP status code for “Forbidden”.

I recommend debugging it by continuing to simplify your server configuration until you quit getting the error. The problem is then in whatever you removed last. :).

For example, you could temporarily comment your rails app and see if you still get the problem, and then try commenting out all our some of your wordpress server{} definition and see if you still have the problem.

I also recommend searching through your nginx configuration for the words ‘allow’ and ‘deny’ as they are used to control access. If access is “denied” to a location, it could result in a 403.