bitwarden-nginx trying to use port 80 fails to start

[MarianoRD]

Steps To Reproduce

1. Deploy Bitwarden
2. ./bitwarden start
3. Run docker ps
4. See the bitwarden-nginx container fail to start and try to bind to port 80

Expected Result

It just works, bitwarden-nginx stays running and I can access Bitwarden.

Actual Result

As soon as it starts:

ghcr.io/bitwarden/nginx:2025.8.1           "/entrypoint.sh"   14 minutes ago   Up Less than a second (health: starting)   80/tcp, 8443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5178->8080/tcp, [::]:5178->8080/tcp   bitwarden-nginx

After a few seconds:

ghcr.io/bitwarden/nginx:2025.8.1           "/entrypoint.sh"   11 seconds ago   Restarting (1) 2 seconds ago                  bitwarden-nginx

Nginx error logs:

2025/09/10 16:18:31 [emerg] 1#1: open() "/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf" failed (13: Permission denied) in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:148
2025/09/10 16:18:38 [emerg] 1#1: open() "/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf" failed (13: Permission denied) in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:148
2025/09/10 16:18:51 [emerg] 1#1: open() "/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf" failed (13: Permission denied) in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:148
2025/09/10 16:19:17 [emerg] 1#1: open() "/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf" failed (13: Permission denied) in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:148

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Additional Context

I'm using the default configuration for all the containers.

Githash Version

236027f

Environment Details

• Operating System: Debian 12
• Environment: Docker

Database Image

ghcr.io/bitwarden/mssql:2025.8.1

Issue-Link

#2480

Issue Tracking Info

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