How to copy files to Nginx folder via Node.js?

Question

Node.js

Hello. I have a node.js server that I run with nodemon via a user that has sudo access. When I try to copy a file to the sites-available folder, I get an Error: EACCES: permission denied. I understand that the problem is in the user who runs the node script. How can this problem be solved?

Answer 1

1. Create a new user group
2. Add the nginx user (usually www-data) to it and the user under which node is launched
3. Assign this group the owner of the folder in which you want to write and open write permissions for the group