Nginx fails to start with error [nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" failed (13: Permission denied)]

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Issue

  • Nginx fails to start with the following message.
nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" failed (13: Permission denied)
nginx[1974156]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 8.x,9.x
  • Nginx
    • 1.20, 1.22, 1.24

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