Permission denied Accessing static files Nginx +uwsgi +Django

Question

I have setup Django project on CentOS 6.5 with Nginx and uwsgi.

I am Getting error while accessing static content as below (/var/log/nginx/error.log)- 2015/11/02 19:05:37 [error] 29701#0: *52 open() "/home/amar/workspace/myproj/config/static/rest_framework/js/default.js" failed (13: Permission denied), client: 172.29.100.104, server: myapi.dev, request: "GET /static/rest_framework/js/default.js HTTP/1.1", host: "myapi.dev", referrer: "http://myapi.dev/api/v1/datasets/"

My /etc/nginx/conf.d/virtual.conf is as shown below -

# mysite_nginx.conf

# the upstream component nginx needs to connect to
upstream django {
    server unix:///tmp/uwsgi.sock; # for a file socket
    #server 127.0.0.1:8001; # for a web port socket (we'll use this first)
}

# configuration of the server
#
#API
#
server {
    # the port your site will be served on
    listen      80;
    # the domain name it will serve for
    server_name myapi.dev; # substitute your machine's IP address or FQDN
    charset     utf-8;

    # max upload size
    client_max_body_size 75M;   # adjust to taste

    location /static {
    autoindex  on;
        alias /home/amar/workspace/myproj/config/static; # your Django project's static files - amend as required
    }

    # Finally, send all non-media requests to the Django server.
    location / {
        uwsgi_pass  django;
        include     /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed
    }
}

Here is my uwsgi.ini file :

[uwsgi]

chdir = /home/amar/workspace/myproj
#home = %(base)/.virtualenvs/myproj
module = config.wsgi:application

home = /home/amar/.virtualenvs/myproj

master = true
processes = 3

socket = /tmp/uwsgi.sock
chmod-socket = 777
vacuum = true

Could someone point me in the right direction?

permission of static directory is 755 and directory owner is nginx. I changed owner to other user and directory permissions but nothing worked. — Amar

Amar Amar · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-15T13:30:47

It took time but I've fixed the problem myself. Changed the user from amar to root and set static folder permission to 666. Hope it helps someone in future.

Permission denied Accessing static files Nginx +uwsgi +Django

My /etc/nginx/conf.d/virtual.conf is as shown below -

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