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  • How to start Nginx after shared folder mounted on VirtualBox

    Recently, I set up a new developing environment in a VirtualBox VM. The source code shares between the host and VM by shared folder. It causes a problem that the config file can not be found when Nginx is starting up.

    Nginx can not find the specific config file which is in the mounted folder from the host

    I searched on Google and found some related posts.

    “If Nginx does not start after rebooting the server” points out the correct direction of the solution, however, the changes of method 1 mentioned in the article is not working for VirtualBox, and personally, I don’t like the method 2.

    While, “How to mount shared folder from VirtualBox at boot time in Debian” describes the mount must happen after vboxadd-service.service started.

    Combine this two posts, the solution would be obvious.

    Solution

    Change the line /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nginx.service in the configuration file of Nginx in VM

    After=network.target

    Adding vboxadd-service.service

    After=network.target vboxadd-service.service

    Reboot the VM.

    Check Nginx running status with the following command

    sudo service nginx status
    Nginx started successfully after changes

    Solved!