How to run Nginx & php-fpm as ec2-user

WordPress files are places in /var/www/vhosts and this directory is owned by the nginx user, so you need to change the ownership or make the nginx user to change and upload files here.

– How to SSH as nginx-user

In order for ec2-user user to upload files to /var/www/vhosts, please follow the steps below.

First, open the /opt/local/amimoto.json file and rewrite the contents like the following below:

{
"nginx" : { "config" : { "user" : "ec2-user" } },
"php" : { "config" : { "user" : "ec2-user" } },
"run_list" : [ "recipe[amimoto]" ]
}

For AMIMOTO HHVM, rewrite as follows:

{
"nginx" : { "config" : { "user" : "ec2-user" } },
"php" : { "config" : { "user" : "ec2-user" } },
"hhvm" : { "enabled" : true, "config" : { "user" : "nginx" } },
"run_list" : [ "recipe[amimoto]" ]
}

Then run /opt/local/provision with root privileges.

$ sudo /opt/local/provision

After that, change the owner of /var/www/vhosts for ec2-user to be able to play with the directory.

$ sudo chown -R ec2-user:nginx /var/www/vhosts