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I have migrated, configured and launched my Flask REST Api and database on my PythonAnywhere server. Now I am in process of deploying the web application. For convenience reasons, I want to host it on the same server.

The application itself is a React application which when built with npx build results in a static application, however this must be served by a web server as we all know.

My server of choice is Nginx. It is fast, powerful, helps with load balancing, helps with all sorts of monitoring etc. I have my config files all set up so it would be a shame to not be able to deploy my web app to the nginx server.

I tried installing nginx using sudo apt-get install nginx but it wouldnt let me - presumably sudo is not recognized as a command. Then I tried it without sudo and no wonder I got an error 13 - permission denied. I cannot do much on my part here, I would appreciate the help of the admins who might have root access to these servers.

Regarding installing packages-- the short answer is you need to install into your homedir. eg: for python installs this involves using a --user flag or setting up a virtualenv within your homedir.

Regarding hosting a static react page-- there are a bunch of reasons why your setup wouldn't work. First, we actually already have nginx setup, and also say you were to run something from the console-- other people outside of PythonAnywhere on the external internet would not be able to access that (they would be blocked).

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