It seems that problem stems from using compressed files downloaded from the internet. I can create any number of directories and files I want, and they will all be labeled as such: unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s which I'm allowed to serve. However, when I uncompress a gzipped file into the web directory, it doesn't work. I have no idea why because it has the same label as the others: unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">You really want to use semanage or the next relabel will undo your changes</blockquote><div> I'm not sure what you mean by relabel. Is that done automatically? </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Have you checked the apache logs? </blockquote> There aren't any errors in the logs.