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Laravel Storage Permission Denied - Fix Permissions

This error occurs when Laravel cannot write to the storage or bootstrap/cache directories due to insufficient file permissions.

The Error

Error Message 
Permission denied - Unable to write to storage

Common Causes

  1. 1 Incorrect directory permissions
  2. 2 Web server user doesn't own directories
  3. 3 SELinux or AppArmor restrictions
  4. 4 Deployment created files with wrong owner

Solutions

1

Set correct permissions on storage and cache

Bash 
sudo chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
sudo chown -R $USER:www-data storage bootstrap/cache
2

For production environments

Bash 
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
3

Create storage link

Bash 
php artisan storage:link

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