nginx: local server static webpage

below are some problems that occured while i was setting up nginx local server for testing my website.

mime types

when browser throws out mime type error, try adding following to nginx config file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

http {
  include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
  include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}

don’t forget reloading w/:

sudo nginx -s reload

first, read about this error here:

then, set user in your /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file as:

user root;

in my case this small change has fixed the problem