# PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied when trying to deploy

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/permissionerror-errno-13-permission-denied-when-trying-to-deploy/29944
**Category:** trellis
**Created:** 2025-09-24T22:04:58Z
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## Post 2 by @ben — 2025-09-24T22:11:42Z

> [@PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied (while deploying to Digital Ocean Droplet)](https://discourse.roots.io/t/permissionerror-errno-13-permission-denied-while-deploying-to-digital-ocean-droplet/27107/2):
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> Should anyone encounter the same problem, I was able to fix this issue by doing the following: Destroyed the droplet I created using trellis droplet create environment command Created a new droplet on the Digital Ocean platform Ran the trellis provision environment command If there are any errors during provisioning, run trellis provision environment repeatedly until provisioning is complete with no errors Ran the trellis deploy environment command to deploy the project to the ser…

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