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nginx: [emerg] mkdir() “/var/cache/nginx/client_temp” failed (13: Permission denied)

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This error typically occurs in alpine docker image. Since the nginx image already have a user called nginx. We will reuse it.

Dockerfile


FROM nginx:alpine
 
RUN touch /var/run/nginx.pid \
   && chown -R nginx:nginx /var/cache/nginx /var/run/nginx.pid
 
COPY --chown=nginx:nginx <your-files> /usr/share/nginx/html
COPY --chown=nginx:nginx <your-nginx-config> /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 
USER nginx
...

Nginx problems

nginx: [emerg] mkdir() “/var/cache/nginx/client_temp” failed (13: Permission denied)