NGINX PHP 8 App Service - Deny folder and file type access

Question

I understand that one cannot change nginx.config as a method to limit access to folders or file types. (Similar to .htaccess for Apache).

What is the work around to limit folder and file type access for the NGINX PHP 8 App Service on Azure?

HL

Answer 1

@HL , Firstly, apologies for the delayed response.

• Yes, Linux PHP v8 images are defaulted to nginx/php-fpm. So you will not need .htaccess, but rewrite rules to mimic .htaccess.
• While the App Service platform provides a remote file share for individual apps, the underlying implementation (being a PAAS solution) doesn’t provide file and directory operations.
  So, there isn’t a way to alter specific file/directory permissions with the chown command.

You cannot change permissions on the /home directory when persisting storage.
You cannot change these permissions, even if you attempt to do so from an initialization script or from SSH.
Checkout this document for more info.

Additionally,

• You may take a look at this blog to know - Convert Apache Rewrite Rules to NGINX Rewrite Rules | NGINX

You can configure using startup command: Azure App Service on Linux FAQ