Matomo protected directory not working properly

• CentOS Version: AlmaLinux 9.5
• Centmin Mod Version Installed: 131.00stable
• Nginx Version Installed: 1.27.3
• PHP Version Installed: 8.3.14
• MariaDB MySQL Version Installed: 10.6.20
• When was last time updated Centmin Mod code base ? : just now
  

I am testing a new server for Matomo. Got everything working, except for one little thing.
I need to protect certain files and directories and all is protected, except for one specific file.

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How is that possible? That directory (lang) has like 40 language files and I cannot access any of them with my browser, except for one. File permissions in that directory are all the same. How can I troubleshoot that?

 

The EN.json file.

But I've got some reading to do, thanks for the writeup!

 

Rebuilt the server but using the above guide still the same error:


Why only the en.json, that is so weird...

 

Yeah, the en.json is accessible with a browser.

Code (Text):

HTTP/2 200
date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:29:48 GMT
content-type: application/json
last-modified: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:00:05 GMT
vary: Accept-Encoding
etag: W/"66f45db5-ad09"
x-powered-by: centminmod
expires: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:25:10 GMT
cache-control: max-age=2592000

I also use CF to protect Matomo but want the systems check to pass (and want to know why this is happening).

 

Anyone has any idea why this is?

 

Finally getting somewhere, even though it's really strange.

When I turn off the Cloudflare proxy for the domain (orange cloud icon), the system check of Matomo reports everything is fine.
When I turn the CF proxy back on, some files and folders are accessible again:



I don't have any specific CF rules for that (sub)domain so I can't figure out why it behaves this way...