to set root location – etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
root /srv/custom;
Example
# SSL configuration
server {
listen 443 ssl http2 default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2 default_server;
server_name negativerocks.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/negativerocks.co.uk/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/negativerocks.co.uk/key.pem;
include snippets/ssl-params.conf;
client_max_body_size 40M;
server_tokens off;
root /srv/custom;
stop start restart nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl stop nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx